Isaiah 48:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions; he makes water flow out of a rock for them; he splits open a rock and water flows out.’

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 17:6 : 6 I will be standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you will strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in plain view of the elders of Israel.
  • Num 20:11 : 11 Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too.
  • Ps 105:41 : 41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.
  • Isa 30:25 : 25 On every high mountain and every high hill there will be streams flowing with water, at the time of great slaughter when the fortified towers collapse.
  • Isa 35:6-7 : 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will burst forth in the wilderness, streams in the arid rift valley. 7 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.
  • Isa 41:17-18 : 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; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them. 18 I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the wilderness into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.
  • Isa 43:19-20 : 19 “Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the wilderness and paths in the wastelands. 20 The wild animals honor me, the jackals and ostriches, because I put water in the wilderness and streams in the wastelands, to quench the thirst of my chosen people,
  • Isa 49:10 : 10 They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.
  • Ps 78:15 : 15 He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.
  • Ps 78:20 : 20 Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”
  • Neh 9:15 : 15 You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”

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  • Ps 78:15-16
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    15He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.

    16He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers.

  • Ps 105:41
    84%

    41He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.

  • Ps 114:8
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    8who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water!

  • Ps 78:20
    80%

    20Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”

  • Exod 17:6
    79%

    6I will be standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you will strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in plain view of the elders of Israel.

  • Deut 8:15
    79%

    15and who brought you through the great, fearful wilderness of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and

  • Num 20:10-11
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    78%

    10Then Moses and Aaron gathered the community together in front of the rock, and he said to them,“Listen, you rebels, must we bring water out of this rock for you?”

    11Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too.

  • Isa 49:10
    77%

    10They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.

  • Neh 9:15
    77%

    15You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

  • Isa 41:17-18
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    76%

    17The 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; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

    18I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the wilderness into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.

  • Num 21:16-18
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    16And from there they traveled to Beer; that is the well where the LORD spoke to Moses,“Gather the people and I will give them water.”

    17Then Israel sang this song:“Spring up, O well, sing to it!

    18The well which the princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs.”And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;

  • Num 20:8
    75%

    8“Take the staff and assemble the community, you and Aaron your brother, and then speak to the rock before their eyes. It will pour forth its water, and you will bring water out of the rock for them, and so you will give the community and their beasts water to drink.”

  • Deut 8:7
    74%

    7For the LORD your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills,

  • Exod 17:3
    74%

    3But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said,“Why in the world did you bring us up from Egypt– to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”

  • 1 Cor 10:4
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    4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

  • Neh 9:11
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    11You split the sea before them, and they crossed through the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into surging waters.

  • Ps 106:9
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    9He shouted at the Red Sea and it dried up; he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert.

  • Ps 107:35
    73%

    35As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water.

  • Isa 37:25
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    25I dug wells and drank water. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’

  • Exod 15:22
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    22The Bitter Water Then Moses led Israel to journey away from the Red Sea. They went out to the wilderness of Shur, walked for three days into the wilderness, and found no water.

  • Jer 2:6
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    6They did not ask:‘Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of valleys and gorges, through a land of desert and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’

  • Neh 9:20-21
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    20You imparted your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths; you provided water for their thirst.

    21For forty years you sustained them. Even in the wilderness they never lacked anything. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

  • Isa 63:13
    73%

    13who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running through the wilderness they did not stumble.

  • Ps 74:15
    73%

    15You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

  • Exod 17:1
    72%

    1Water at Massa and Meribah The whole community of the Israelites traveled on their journey from the wilderness of Sin according to the LORD’s instruction, and they pitched camp in Rephidim. Now there was no water for the people to drink.

  • Ps 78:13
    72%

    13He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.

  • Isa 35:6
    72%

    6Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will burst forth in the wilderness, streams in the arid rift valley.

  • Ps 107:33
    72%

    33He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,

  • 2 Kgs 19:24
    72%

    24I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’

  • 2 Sam 22:17
    72%

    17He reached down from above and grabbed me; he pulled me from the surging water.

  • Isa 58:11
    72%

    11The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.

  • Num 33:14
    72%

    14They traveled from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

  • Ps 78:44
    72%

    44He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams.

  • Ps 77:16
    71%

    16The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.

  • Ps 78:53
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    53He guided them safely along, and they were not afraid; but the sea covered their enemies.

  • Exod 7:24
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    24All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the Nile.

  • Isa 12:3
    71%

    3Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance.

  • Joel 3:18
    71%

    18On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.

  • Exod 14:22
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    22So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

  • Judg 15:19
    71%

    19So God split open the basin at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring En Hakkore. It remains in Lehi to this very day.

  • Ps 18:16
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    16He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water.

  • Num 20:13
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    13These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the LORD, and his holiness was maintained among them.

  • Ps 66:6
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    6He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. Let us rejoice in him there!

  • Isa 43:16
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    16This is what the LORD says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,