17. “The poor and needy people look for water,but they can’t find any.Their tongues are dry with thirst.But I, the Lord, will answer their prayers;I, the God of Israel, will not leave them to die.
18. I will make rivers flow on the dry hillsand springs flow through the valleys.I will change the desert into a lake of waterand the dry land into fountains of water.
19. I will make trees grow in the desert—cedars, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees.I will put pine, fir, and cypress treesgrowing together in the desert.
20. People will see these things and understand;they will think carefully about these things and learnthat the Lord’s power did this,that the Holy One of Israel made these things.”