“When the poor seek water,
When the needy seek water,
There is none.
Their tongues
Are parched with thirst.
I!
Yahweh!
Will answer them!
I!
The God of Israel!
Will not forsake them!
I will open rivers
on the bare trails!
I will open fountains
In the midst of the valleys!
I will make the wilderness
A pool of water!
I will make
The dry land springs of water!”
Yahweh, maintaining the first person singular in Second Isaiah, says that he will provide water for the thirsty poor people and the parched needy ones. He would not forget them, but he would answer them. He will open up rivers on the bare trails. He will open up fountains of water in the valleys. In fact, he will make the great desert wilderness like a pool of water. There will be springs of water where there was a dry land area. Don’t worry about water! Yahweh will take care of things.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 