¹⁷ “The poor and needy search for water,^(A)
    but there is none;
    their tongues are parched with thirst.^(B)
But I the Lord will answer^(C) them;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake^(D) them.
¹⁸ I will make rivers flow^(E) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert^(F) into pools of water,^(G)
    and the parched ground into springs.^(H)
19 I will put in the desert^(I)
    the cedar and the acacia,^(J) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers^(K) in the wasteland,
    the fir and the cypress^(L) together,^(M)
20 so that people may see and know,^(N)
    may consider and understand,^(O)
that the hand^(P) of the Lord has done this,
    that the Holy One^(Q) of Israel has created^(R) it.

²⁶ Who told of this from the beginning,^(A) so we could know,
    or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
    no one foretold^(B) it,
    no one heard any words^(C) from you.