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17 When the poor and needy search for water
    and there is none,
    and their tongues are parched with thirst,
I the Lord will come to their aid;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 I will open up rivers on the barren heights
    and fountains in the midst of valleys.
I will turn the wilderness into a lake
    and the dry land into springs of water.
19 In the wilderness I will plant cedars,
    acacias, myrtles, and olive trees;
in the wasteland I will place cypress trees
    to grow side by side with plane trees and pine trees,

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