16 Thus says the Lord,

Who amakes a way through the sea

And a path through the mighty waters,

17 Who brings forth the achariot and the horse,

The army and the mighty man

(They will lie down together and not rise again;

They have been bquenched and extinguished like a wick):

18 “aDo not call to mind the former things,

Or ponder things of the past.

19 “Behold, I will do something anew,

Now it will spring forth;

Will you not be aware of it?

I will even bmake a roadway in the wilderness,

Rivers in the desert.

20 “The beasts of the field will glorify Me,

The ajackals and the ostriches,

Because I have bgiven waters in the wilderness

And rivers in the desert,

To give drink to My chosen people.

21 “The people whom aI formed for Myself

bWill declare My praise.

The Shortcomings of Israel

22 “Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob;

But you have become aweary of Me, O Israel.