¹⁷ Take notice! I’m about to create new heavens
    and a new earth;
the former things won’t be remembered,
    nor will they come to mind.
¹⁸ But be glad^[a] and rejoice^[b] forever
    in what I am creating,
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy,
    and its people as a delight.
¹⁹ I’ll rejoice over Jerusalem,
    and take delight in my people;
no longer will the sound of weeping be heard in it,
    nor the cry of distress.