Isaiah 48:21
They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
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In Context
22"There is no peace," says the Lord, "for the wicked."
Cross References
Numbers 20:11Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.
Nehemiah 9:20You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
Psalms 78:20Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out,and streams overflowed.Can he give bread also?Will he provide flesh for his people?"
Isaiah 30:25There shall be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Isaiah 41:17The poor and needy seek water, and there is none.Their tongue fails for thirst.I, the Lord, will answer them.I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah 43:20The animals of the field shall honor me,the jackals and the ostriches;because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert,to give drink to my people, my chosen,
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 →