17 “The afflicted and needy are seeking awater, but there is none,
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, Yahweh, bwill answer them Myself,
As the God of Israel I cwill not forsake them.
18 I will open arivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make bthe wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.
19 I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia and the amyrtle and the olive tree;
I will place the ajuniper in the desert
Together with the box tree and the cypress,