¹⁶ This is what the Lord says—
    he who made a way through the sea,
    a path through the mighty waters,^(A)
17 who drew out^(B) the chariots and horses,^(C)
    the army and reinforcements together,^(D)
and they lay^(E) there, never to rise again,
    extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:^(F)
18 “Forget the former things;^(G)
    do not dwell on the past.