¹⁷ The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;
their tongues are parched with thirst.
I will answer them.^(A)
I am the Lord, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.
¹⁸ I will open rivers on the barren heights,^(B)
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool
and dry land into springs.^(C)