“Do not cling to events of the past
    or dwell on what happened long ago.
¹⁹ Watch for the new thing I am going to do.
    It is happening already—you can see it now!
I will make a road through the wilderness
    and give you streams of water there.

²¹ They are the people I made for myself,
    and they will sing my praises!”

“But you were tired of me, Israel;
    you did not worship me.

²⁴ You didn't buy incense for me
    or satisfy me with the fat of your animals.
Instead you burdened me with your sins;
    you wore me out with the wrongs you have committed.
²⁵ And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins,
    and I do this because of who I am.
I will not hold your sins against you.