The New Is Here
In Isaiah 43:18-19 God told Isaiah to tell the Israelites "forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See I'm doing a new thing. Now it springs up, do you not perceive it. I'm making a way in the desert, streams in the wasteland". When God gave Isaiah this word for the Israelites, they were in captivity and yearning for freedom from God. The Israelites were still living on past mistakes, failures, and victories that it became impossible for them to see the new thing