Holy Scripture

Isaiah 41:20

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 17 and following) The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the pa…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Isaiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

20that they may see, and know, and perceive, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has wrought these works, and the Holy One of Israel has displayed them.

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18but I will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will make the desert pools of water, and a thirsty land watercourses.

19I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:

— Isaiah 41:20 —

21Your judgment draws nigh, saith the Lord God; your counsels have drawn nigh, saith the King of Jacob.

22Let them draw nigh, and declare to you what things shall come to pass; or tell us what things were of old, and we will apply our understanding, and we shall know what are the last and the future things:

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