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Isaiah 41:18

I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

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ASV

I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

KJV

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֶפְתַּ֤ח'ef.TachI will openH6605 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
שְׁפָיִים֙she.fa.Yimbare heightsH8205 →
נְהָר֔וֹתne.ha.RotriversH5104 →
וּבְת֥וֹךְu.ve.Tokhand in [the] middle ofH8432 →
בְּקָע֖וֹתbe.ka.'otvalleysH1237 →
מַעְיָנ֑וֹתma'.ya.NotspringsH4599 →
אָשִׂ֤ים'a.SimI will makeH7760 →
מִדְבָּר֙mid.Bar[the] wildernessH4057 →
לַאֲגַם־la.'a.gam-<into> a pool ofH98 →
מַ֔יִםMa.yimwaterH4325 →
וְאֶ֥רֶץve.'E.retzand a landH776 →
צִיָּ֖הtzi.YahdryH6723 →
לְמוֹצָ֥אֵיle.mo.Tza.'ei<into> springs ofH4161 →
מָֽיִם׃Ma.yimwaterH4325 →

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Isaiah 43:19Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.Isaiah 35:6–7Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.Psalms 107:35He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.Isaiah 58:11The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.Isaiah 30:25And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.Ezekiel 47:1–8Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.Isaiah 43:19–20Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”Psalms 104:10He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.Isaiah 32:2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.Isaiah 49:9–10to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the LambJoel 3:18And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.Isaiah 12:3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,Zechariah 14:8And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.Isaiah 48:21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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