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)

²¹     the people I formed^(A) for myself^(B)
    that they may proclaim my praise.^(C)

²² “Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
    you have not wearied^(D) yourselves for^[a] me, Israel.^(E)

²⁴ You have not bought any fragrant calamus^(A) for me,
    or lavished on me the fat^(B) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
    and wearied^(C) me with your offenses.^(D)

²⁵ “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,^(E) for my own sake,^(F)
    and remembers your sins^(G) no more.^(H)