⁶ Then the lame will leap like a deer,^(A)
and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,^(B)
for water will gush in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;^(C)
7 the parched ground will become a pool of water,
and the thirsty land springs of water.^(D)
In the haunt of jackals,^(E) in their lairs,
there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.

¹⁸ I will open rivers on the barren heights,^(A)
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water
and dry land into springs of water.^(B)