Isaiah 48:21
They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; 1 he made the water to flow out of the rock for them; 1 he split open the rock, and the waters gushed out. 1
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In Context
22There is no peace for the wicked—says Yahweh.”
Cross References
Numbers 20:11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, and much water came out. The community drank, and their cattle drank.
Nehemiah 9:20Your good Spirit you gave them to instruct them, and your manna you did not withhold from their mouths, and water you gave them for their thirst.
Psalms 78:20See, when he struck the rock, waters gushed out 1 and streams overflowed. 1 But can he give bread also? 1 Will he provide meat for his people?” 1
Isaiah 30:25On every high mountain and on every high hill, there will be flowing brooks and streams of waters, 1 in the day of the great slaughter when the towers fall. 1
Isaiah 41:17The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst; 1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. 1
Isaiah 43:20The wild animals of the field will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches, 1 because I give water in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, 1 for my chosen people to drink, 1
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:17-22
Encouragement to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God , and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17 Thus saith the Lord , thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of… Read the whole commentary →