Isaiah 41:17–20

¹⁷The poor and needy seek water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched with thirst.

I, the LORD, will answer them;

I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

¹⁸I will open rivers on the barren heights,

and fountains in the middle of the valleys.

I will turn the desert into a pool of water,

and the dry land into flowing springs.

¹⁹I will plant cedars in the wilderness,

acacias, myrtles, and olive trees.

I will set cypresses^c in the desert,

elms and boxwood together,

²⁰so that all may see and know,

may consider and understand,

that the hand of the LORD has done this

and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”