Bring out some water for the thirsty. You who live in the land of Tema, bring some food for the fugitives.

You saw the many breaks in the walls of the city of David; you stored up water in the lower pool.

the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations.

I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.

I dug wells and drank water. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’

This is what the Lord says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,

But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation,

I said, “Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water.

Does the snow ever completely vanish from the rocky slopes of Lebanon? Do the cool waters from those distant mountains ever cease to flow?

A drought will come upon her land; her rivers and canals will be dried up. All of this will happen because her land is filled with idols. Her people act like madmen because of those idols they fear.

“You who live along the rivers of Babylon, the time of your end has come. You who are rich in plundered treasure, it is time for your lives to be cut off.

And you must drink water by measure, a pint and a half; you must drink it at fixed times.

because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity.

“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with anxious shaking.

He took one of the seedlings of the land, placed it in a cultivated plot; a shoot by abundant water, like a willow he planted it.

Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.