former things are # 23_ISA_42_09  Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare_ before they spring forth I tell you of them. ## Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. 
former things are # 66_REV_21_04  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain_ for the former things are passed away. ## And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.