¹⁶ This is what the Lord says—
    he who made a way through the sea,
    a path through the mighty waters,^(A)

¹⁸ “Forget the former things;^(A)
    do not dwell on the past.
¹⁹ See, I am doing a new thing!^(B)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness^(C)
    and streams in the wasteland.^(D)