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Isaiah 48:21

God's faithfulness

19 Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”

20 Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”

They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

22 “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
KJV
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
WEB
They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed out.
ASV
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
DARBY
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; yea, he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.
BLB
And they did not thirst in the deserts when He led them; He made flow the waters from the rock for them, and He split the rock, and the waters gushed out.
ÅB
De lider ingen tørst; gjennom ørkenen fører han dem, vann av klippen lar han rinne for dem; han kløver klippen, og det flyter vann.
OTB
De led ikke tørst da Han ledet dem gjennom ørkenene; Han fikk vann til å strømme for dem fra klippen; Han kløvde klippen, og vannet strømmet ut.
B1930
De lider ingen tørst; gjennem ørkenen fører han dem, vann av klippen lar han rinne for dem; han kløver klippen, og det flyter vann.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 43:19–20

    Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

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  • Psalms 105:41

    He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

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  • Isaiah 41:17–18

    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.

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  • Exodus 17:6

    Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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  • Psalms 78:20

    When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”

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  • Numbers 20:11

    Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.

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  • Isaiah 35:6–7

    Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

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  • Nehemiah 9:15

    In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

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