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| 16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, | 16 This is what the LORD says-- he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, |
| 17 who brings forth chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick: | 17 who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: |
| 18 "Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. | 18 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. |
| 19 Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. | 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. |
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