¹⁷ The poor and the needy are seeking water and there is none;
    their tongue is dried up with thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
¹⁸ I will open rivers on the barren heights
    and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness like a pool of water
    and the land of dryness like springs of water.
¹⁹ I will put^[a] the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive oil tree in the wilderness;
    I will set the cypress, elm, and box tree together in the desert
²⁰ so that they may see and know,
    and take to heart and understand together
that the hand of Yahweh has done this,
    and the holy one of Israel has created it.”