פירוש על ישעיהו 43:19

A new thing. The taking of Babylon, or the fact that the Israelites alone will escape; the latter seems the more probable explanation.²²Because, in the first place, Babylon had been taken before by Sennacherib; secondly, the capture of a town does not appear to be a new thing, since many strongholds had been taken before, and this event could not be called by the prophet a new thing ; while it can more properly be said of the deliverance of the oppressed Israelites, who were in numbers and warfare inferior to all other nations. I will even make, etc. I shall, besides, produce water in the wilderness for the benefit of those who will return from Babylon to Zion.