Isaiah 43:18

Great as the wonders of the exodus were they shall be far surpassed by that which Jehovah is about to do. The verse resumes the opening clause of Isaiah 43:16.

Remember ye not Cf. Jeremiah 16:14 f., Isaiah 23:7 f. It is not meant of course that the exodus shall be actually forgotten (see ch. Isaiah 46:9), but only that it shall no longer be the supreme instance of Jehovah's redeeming power.

formerthings … things of old Cf. ch. Isaiah 46:9. Obviously the expression "former things," so often used of past events predicted, here includes the remote incidents of the deliverance from Egypt.