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17 “Those who are poor and needy search for water.
    But there isn’t any.
    Their tongues are dry because they are thirsty.
But I will help them. I am the Lord.
    I will not desert them.
    I am Israel’s God.
18 I will make streams flow on the bare hilltops.
    I will make springs come up in the valleys.
I will turn the desert into pools of water.
    I will turn the dry and cracked ground into flowing springs.
19 I will make trees grow in the desert.
    I will plant cedar and acacia trees there.
    I will plant myrtle and olive trees there.
I will make juniper trees grow in the dry and empty desert.
    I will plant fir and cypress trees there.

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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 I will put in the desert(I)
    the cedar and the acacia,(J) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers(K) in the wasteland,
    the fir and the cypress(L) together,(M)

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