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Psalm 107:35
He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
33He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
36There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
37sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
Notice
A desert becomes a pool of water through God’s action, a reversal that challenges the thought that barren ground must always remain barren.
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Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring;Both describe God supplying water to dry ground; Isaiah also speaks of God pouring out his Spirit and blessing.
Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.Both describe God making a wilderness into a pool of water and dry land into springs.
2 Kings 3:17For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your …Both describe God supplying water where it is lacking; Kings specifies a valley filled without visible wind or rain.
Psalm 114:8who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.Both speak of God turning an unlikely source into a pool or spring: desert ground here, rock and flint there.
Isaiah 35:6–7Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.Both describe water appearing in the wilderness, with streams or springs changing the desert.
Isaiah 41:17–19The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.Both concern God’s provision where water is absent; Isaiah names the poor and needy who thirst.
Psalm 104:10He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.Both name God as the source of springs, whether in dry land or among valleys and mountains.
2 Kings 3:16–20He said, “The LORD says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’Both concern God’s action in a landscape; the command to make trenches alone does not describe water arriving.
Job 38:26to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,Both describe God bringing water to wilderness ground; Job specifies land where no one lives.
Job 38:27to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?Both describe desolate ground being changed; the psalm names springs, and Job names the growth of tender grass.
Ezekiel 47:6–12He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me and caused me to return to the bank of the river.Water is the shared feature: the psalm describes God making springs, while Ezekiel is brought back to a riverbank.
Numbers 21:16–18From there they traveled to Beer; that is the well of which the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”Both attribute the provision of water to God; Numbers names a well where he promises water to the gathered people.
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These words give no timetable for a change in your circumstances. They name God’s power over the land itself: even dry ground can become a source of water.
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