34 and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers. 35 He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. 36 He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
Psalms 107:34–36
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Psalms 114:7–8
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8 who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
2 Esdras 16:59–61
59 He has spread out the sky like a vault. He has founded it over the waters. (WEB) 60 He has made springs of water in the desert and pools on the tops of the mountains to send out rivers from the heights to water the earth. (WEB) 61 He formed man, and put a heart in the midst of t… (WEB)
Job 38:25–27
25 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt, 26 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, 27 to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
Psalms 78:14–16
14 He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night. 15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. 16 He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
Job 39:5–7
5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness? 6 I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling. 7 He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
Sirach 39:22–24
22 His blessing covered the dry land as a river and saturated it as a flood. (WEB) 23 As he has made the waters salty, so the heathen will inherit his wrath. (WEB) 24 His ways are plain to the holy. They are stumbling blocks to the wicked. (WEB)
Psalms 107:40–42
40 He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. 41 But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks. 42 The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
Ezekiel 36:33–35
33 This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through. 35 Then the…
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