⁶ Then will the lame^(A) leap like a deer,^(B)
    and the mute tongue^(C) shout for joy.^(D)
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
    and streams^(E) in the desert.
⁷ The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground^(F) bubbling springs.^(G)
In the haunts where jackals^(H) once lay,
    grass and reeds^(I) and papyrus will grow.

¹⁷ “The poor and needy search for water,^(A)
    but there is none;
    their tongues are parched with thirst.^(B)
But I the Lord will answer^(C) them;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake^(D) them.
¹⁸ I will make rivers flow^(E) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert^(F) into pools of water,^(G)
    and the parched ground into springs.^(H)

¹⁹ See, I am doing a new thing!^(A)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness^(B)
    and streams in the wasteland.^(C)
20 The wild animals^(D) honor me,
    the jackals^(E) and the owls,
because I provide water^(F) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,