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I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
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God Provides in Impossible Places
Commentators highlight that God promises water in the most unnatural places—rivers on barren hilltops and springs in dry valleys. This imagery shows that God's help often comes from sources we least expect, demonstrating His power to provide for His people even when circumstances seem hopeless and all natural means have failed.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will open rivers - That is, I will cause rivers to flow (see the note at Isaiah 35:7). The allusion here is doubtless to the mira…
19th Century
Anglican
I will open rivers. —The words have all the emphasis of varied iteration. Every shape of the physical contour of the coun…
Baptist
I will open rivers in high places,-
That is an unusual place to find rivers; but God does strange things when he shows mercy to the…
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16th Century
Protestant
And 19. I will open rivers. He illustrates the former doctrine in a different manner: namely, that God has no need of outward and n…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will open rivers in high places Which is not usual; but God will change the course of nature, and work miracles, rather…
God speaks with tenderness; Fear not, for I am with you: not only within call, but present with you. Are you weak? I will strengthen you. Are y…
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13th Century
Catholic
Let the islands keep silence before me. Here the prophet begins to strengthen the people for a firm expectation based on the lov…
