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16 You’ll winnow them, and the wind will lift them up,
    and a tempest will blow them away.
Then you’ll rejoice in the Lord,
    and[a] you’ll make your boast in the Holy One of Israel.”

17 “As for the poor, the needy, those seeking[b] water—
    when there is none
        and their tongues are parched from thirst—
I, the Lord, will answer them.
    I, the God of Israel, won’t abandon them.
18 I’ll open up rivers on the barren heights,
    and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
I’ll turn the[c] desert into a pool of water,
    and the parched land into springs of water.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:16 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and
  2. Isaiah 41:17 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read poor and the needy seeking
  3. Isaiah 41:18 So 1QIsaa; MT implies the