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Isaiah 48:21

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And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
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  1. Isaiah 43:19–20Rank 1 from verse 21
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    19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

    20The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

  2. Psalms 105:41Rank 2 from verse 21
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    41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

  3. Isaiah 41:17–18Rank 3 from verse 21
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    17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

    18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

  4. Exodus 17:6Rank 4 from verse 21
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    6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

  5. Isaiah 35:6–7Rank 5 from verse 21
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    6Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

    7And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

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Isaiah 48:21

COMBINED MEANING

thirsted

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Past-tense or past-participial form of thirst. Sense 1: Felt a need or desire for drink. Sense 2: By figure, desired intensely.

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deserts

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Sense 1: Wildernesses or desolate places. Sense 2: What persons or actions deserve.

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caused

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of cause, meaning to make something happen.

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flow

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Sense 1: To move or run continuously as water. Sense 2: Figuratively, to stream, gather, or come abundantly.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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rock

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1. A mass of stone or a rocky place. 2. Figuratively, a secure refuge, strength, foundation, or cause of stumbling. 3. A title or figure for God or Christ.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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clave

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1. Clung or remained closely joined to. 2. Split, cut, or opened.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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gushed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gush, meaning to pour or flow out abundantly.

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20¶ Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

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22There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

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