Psalms 107:33
He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
In Context
32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:5Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”
Isaiah 13:19Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 34:9Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulphur, and its land will become burning pitch.
Isaiah 44:27who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ and ‘I will dry up your rivers,’
Jeremiah 14:3Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
Joel 1:20Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, and the fire has 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 →