Psalms 107:33
He changeth rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into parched ground;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
In Context
34A fruitful land into a salty waste, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:5And Achab said unto 'Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the springs of water, and unto all the brooks, peradventure we may find grass and keep alive horse and mule, that we lose not all the cattle.
Isaiah 13:19And [thus] shall Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the proud ornament of the Chaldeans, become like the overthrow through God of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 34:9And its brooks shall be changed into pitch, and its dust into sulfur, and its land shall become burning pitch.
Isaiah 44:27That saith to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers will I dry up;
Jeremiah 14:3And their nobles have sent out their subordinates for water: they come to the pits, they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed and confounded, and cover their head.
Joel 1:20Also the beasts of the field cry unto thee panting; for the brooks of waters are dried up, and a fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:24-33
The Divine Goodness to Mariners. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 24 These see the works of the Lord , and his wonders in the deep. 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. 28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth… Read the whole commentary →