Isaiah 41:18

I will open neharot on the hilltops, 1 and springs in the midst of the valleys; 1 I will make the midbar a pool of mayim, 1 and the dry land sources of mayim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17When the aniyim and evyonim seek mayim, and there is none, 1 and their leshon faileth for tzama (thirst), 1 I Hashem will hear them, 1 I the Elohei Yisroel will not forsake them. 1

19I will plant in the midbar the cedar, 1 the acacia, and the myrtle, and the etz shemen; 1 I will set in the Aravah the cypress, 1 and the fir, and the box tree together; 1

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Cross References

Judges 15:19But Elohim split open the hollow place that is at Lechi, and there came mayim thereout; and when he had drunk, his ruach came again, and he revived; wherefore he called the shem thereof Ein HaKorei (Spring of the Caller), which is in Lechi unto this day.

Psalms 78:15He split the rocks in the midbar, 1 and gave them drink as out of the great tehomot. 1

Psalms 107:35He turneth the midbar into an agam (pool, lake) of mayim, 1 and dry ground into springs of water. 1

Isaiah 12:3Therefore with sasson shall ye draw mayim out of the wells of Yeshu'ah (Salvation).

Isaiah 32:2And an ish shall be 1 as a sheltering hiding place from the ruach (wind), 1 and a seter (refuge) from the tempest; 1 as streams of mayim in a dry place, 1 as the tzel (shadow) of a great rock 1 in a weary land. 1

Isaiah 35:7And the sharav (burning sand) shall become an agam (pool, lake, pond) 1 and the thirsty land, springs of mayim; 1 in the habitation of jackals, where each [jackal] lay, shall be khatzir (grassland) 1 as well as reeds and gomeh (papyrus, bulrushes). 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:11-21

Israel Encouraged. ( b. c. 708.) 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a… Read the whole commentary →

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