18 (A)“Remember not the former things,
    nor consider the things of old.
19 (B)Behold, I am doing a new thing;
    now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
(C)I will make a way in the wilderness
    (D)and rivers in the desert.
20 The wild beasts will honor me,
    (E)the jackals and the ostriches,
(F)for I give water in the wilderness,
    rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,

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18 “But forget all that—
    it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.
19 For I am about to do something new.
    See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?
I will make a pathway through the wilderness.
    I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.
20 The wild animals in the fields will thank me,
    the jackals and owls, too,
    for giving them water in the desert.
Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland
    so my chosen people can be refreshed.

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