17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

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17 He will not enjoy the streams,
    the rivers(A) flowing with honey(B) and cream.(C)

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13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

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13 He made him ride on the heights(A) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(B)
    and with oil(C) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
    and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(D)
    and the finest kernels of wheat.(E)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(F)

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24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

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24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham,(A) have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’(B)

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When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

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when my path was drenched with cream(A)
    and the rock(B) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(C)

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22 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

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Eden Restored

22 Then the angel showed me the river(A) of the water of life,(B) as clear as crystal,(C) flowing(D) from the throne of God and of the Lamb

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For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

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That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places(A) of the desert,
    in a salt(B) land where no one lives.

“But blessed(C) is the one who trusts(D) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(E)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(F)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(G)

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17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

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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.

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22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

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22 And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds(A) and honey.(B)

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15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

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15 He will be eating curds(A) and honey(B) when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,

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16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

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16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;(A)
    with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

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They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

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They feast on the abundance of your house;(A)
    you give them drink from your river(B) of delights.(C)
For with you is the fountain of life;(D)
    in your light(E) we see light.

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Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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The officer on whose arm the king was leaning(A) said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates(B) of the heavens, could this happen?”

“You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat(C) any of it!”

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29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

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29 honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat.(A) For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.(B)

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