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Selected Verse: Isaiah 41:18 - Strong Concordance

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Isa 41:18 Strong Concordance I will open [06605] rivers [05104] in high places [08205], and fountains [04599] in the midst [08432] of the valleys [01237]: I will make [07760] the wilderness [04057] a pool [098] of water [04325], and the dry [06723] land [0776] springs [04161] of water [04325].
  King James I 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Alluding to the waters with which Israel was miraculously supplied in the desert after having come out of Egypt.

high places--bare of trees, barren, and unwatered (Jer 4:11; Jer 14:6). "High places . . . valleys" spiritually express that in all circumstances, whether elevated or depressed, God's people will have refreshment for their souls, however little to be expected it might seem.
 
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6 And the wild asses [06501] did stand [05975] in the high places [08205], they snuffed up [07602] the wind [07307] like dragons [08577]; their eyes [05869] did fail [03615], because there was no grass [06212].
11 At that time [06256] shall it be said [0559] to this people [05971] and to Jerusalem [03389], A dry [06703] wind [07307] of the high places [08205] in the wilderness [04057] toward [01870] the daughter [01323] of my people [05971], not to fan [02219], nor to cleanse [01305],
7 And the parched ground [08273] shall become a pool [098], and the thirsty land [06774] springs [04002] of water [04325]: in the habitation [05116] of dragons [08577], where each lay [07258], shall be grass [02682] with reeds [07070] and rushes [01573].
6 Then shall the lame [06455] man leap [01801] as an hart [0354], and the tongue [03956] of the dumb [0483] sing [07442]: for in the wilderness [04057] shall waters [04325] break out [01234], and streams [05158] in the desert [06160].
25 And there shall be upon every high [01364] mountain [02022], and upon every high [05375] hill [01389], rivers [06388] and streams [02988] of waters [04325] in the day [03117] of the great [07227] slaughter [02027], when the towers [04026] fall [05307].
6 And the wild asses [06501] did stand [05975] in the high places [08205], they snuffed up [07602] the wind [07307] like dragons [08577]; their eyes [05869] did fail [03615], because there was no grass [06212].
29 Cut off [01494] thine hair [05145], O Jerusalem, and cast it away [07993], and take up [05375] a lamentation [07015] on high places [08205]; for the LORD [03068] hath rejected [03988] and forsaken [05203] the generation [01755] of his wrath [05678].
11 At that time [06256] shall it be said [0559] to this people [05971] and to Jerusalem [03389], A dry [06703] wind [07307] of the high places [08205] in the wilderness [04057] toward [01870] the daughter [01323] of my people [05971], not to fan [02219], nor to cleanse [01305],
21 A voice [06963] was heard [08085] upon the high places [08205], weeping [01065] and supplications [08469] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: for they have perverted [05753] their way [01870], and they have forgotten [07911] the LORD [03068] their God [0430].
2 Lift up [05375] thine eyes [05869] unto the high places [08205], and see [07200] where [0375] thou hast not been lien [07693] [07901] with. In the ways [01870] hast thou sat [03427] for them, as the Arabian [06163] in the wilderness [04057]; and thou hast polluted [02610] the land [0776] with thy whoredoms [02184] and with thy wickedness [07451].
21 His flesh [01320] is consumed away [03615], that it cannot be seen [07210]; and his bones [06106] that were not seen [07200] stick out [08192] [08205].
7 And the parched ground [08273] shall become a pool [098], and the thirsty land [06774] springs [04002] of water [04325]: in the habitation [05116] of dragons [08577], where each lay [07258], shall be grass [02682] with reeds [07070] and rushes [01573].