17 "For behold, *I create new heavens

and a new earth,

and the former things shall not be remembered

or come into mind.

18 But be glad and rejoice forever

in that which I create;

for behold, *I create Jerusalem to be a joy,

and her people to be a gladness.

19 *I will rejoice in Jerusalem

and be glad in my people;

*no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping

and the cry of distress.