Psalms 107:33
He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,
BSB
ASV
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
KJV
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
He turneth rivers into a wilderness,.... A country abounding with rivers, as the country round about Sodom and the land of Canaan were, Gen 13:10. Such an one is sometimes, by the just judgment of God, turned into a desert. And the water springs into dry ground: what was like a well watered garden becomes like dry and barren earth, on which nothing grows.
He punishes the wicked by destroying the sources of fertility, or, in mercy, gives fruitfulness to deserts, which become the homes of a busy and successful agricultural population. By a permitted misrule and tyranny, this scene of prosperity is changed to one of adversity.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold,…
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Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and…
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
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Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
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Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold,…
He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
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Psalms 74:15You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
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Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
