"This is what God says the God who builds a road right through the ocean,
who carves a path through pounding waves,

The God who summons horses and chariots and armies—
they lie down and then can’t get up; they’re snuffed out like so many candles:
“Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history.
Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new.
It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert,
rivers in the badlands. Wild animals will say ‘Thank you!’

 —the coyotes and the buzzards— Because I provided water in the desert,
rivers through the sunbaked earth, Drinking water for the people I chose,
the people I made especially for myself,a people custom-made to praise me.

Isaiah 43:16-21 (MSG)