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Isaiah 41:17

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Isaiah 41:17 (WEB)

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

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Cyprian of Carthage

  • “I will establish in the land of drought the cedar-tree and the box-tree, and the myrtle and the cypress, and the elm and the poplar, that they may see and acknowledge, and know and believe together, that the Hand of the Lord hath done these things, and the Holy One of Israel hath shown them.”” — editor's note: Isa. xli. 15–20. [Irenæus, vol. i. p. 487. “Word and Wisdom = hands.”]

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