36:8 They are filled with food from your house,
and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
36:9 For you are the one who gives
and sustains life. 1
41:17 The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none;
their tongues are parched from thirst.
I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; 2
I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
17:6 They will be like a shrub 3 in the desert.
They will not experience good things even when they happen.
It will be as though they were growing in the desert,
in a salt land where no one can live.
22:1 Then 4 the angel 5 showed me the river of the water of life – water as clear as crystal – pouring out 6 from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
1 tn Heb “for with you is the fountain of life, in your light we see light.” Water (note “fountain”) and light are here metaphors for life.
2 tn Heb “will answer them” (so ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
3 tn This word occurs only here and in Jer 48:6. It has been identified as a kind of juniper, which is a short shrub with minute leaves that look like scales. For a picture and more discussion see Fauna and Flora of the Bible, 131.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel mentioned in 21:9, 15) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Grk “proceeding.” Water is more naturally thought to pour out or flow out in English idiom.