¹⁸ I will make rivers flow^(A) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert^(B) into pools of water,^(C)
    and the parched ground into springs.^(D)

¹⁸ If only you had paid attention^(A) to my commands,
    your peace^(B) would have been like a river,^(C)
    your well-being^(D) like the waves of the sea.

¹⁰ They will neither hunger nor thirst,^(A)
    nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.^(B)
He who has compassion^(C) on them will guide^(D) them
    and lead them beside springs^(E) of water.

“I will extend peace^(A) to her like a river,^(B)
    and the wealth^(C) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried^(D) on her arm
    and dandled on her knees.

⁸ Are you better than^(A) Thebes,^(B)
    situated on the Nile,^(C)
    with water around her?
The river was her defense,
    the waters her wall.