He turned rivers into a desert. He turned flowing springs into thirsty ground.

他使江河变为旷野，叫水泉变为干渴之地，

他使江河变为旷野，叫水泉变为干涸之地，

他使江河变为旷野，叫水泉变为干涸之地，

祂使江河变成荒漠，水泉变成干地，

他使江河变为旷野，使水泉变为干旱无水之地。

神使河流成为旷野，水源成为干涸之地，

他使江河變為曠野，叫水泉變為乾渴之地，

他使江河變為曠野，叫水泉變為乾涸之地，

他使江河變為曠野，叫水泉變為乾涸之地，

祂使江河變成荒漠，水泉變成乾地，

他使江河變為曠野，使水泉變為乾旱無水之地。

他使江河變為曠野，叫水源之處變為乾渴之地；

神使河流成為曠野，水源成為乾涸之地，

彼變江河為曠野、源泉為燥土、

主因人民蹈於愆尤、使水區為沙漠、江河為槁壤、膏腴之土、成斥鹵之地兮、

主使江河之地、變為沙漠、泉源之處、變為旱地、

頑民怙惡。主心不悅。變川為沙。泉源枯竭。

He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,

He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,

He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into dry, thirsty land.

He turns rivers into desert, springs into thirsty ground,

He turns rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

He turns rivers into a wilderness, And the watersprings into dry ground;

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;

He turns rivers into desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

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

He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

When I came to save you, why didn’t anyone welcome me? When I called out to you, why didn’t anyone answer me? Wasn’t I powerful enough to set you free? Wasn’t I strong enough to save you? I dry up the sea with a single command. I turn rivers into a desert. Then fish rot because they do not have any water. They die because they are thirsty.

I will completely destroy the mountains and hills. I will dry up everything that grows there. I will turn rivers into dry land. I will dry up the pools.

I will dry up the waters of the Nile River. I will sell the land to an evil nation. I will use the power of outsiders to destroy the land and everything in it. I have spoken. I am the Lord.”

Elijah was from Tishbe in the land of Gilead. He said to Ahab,“ I serve the Lord. He is the God of Israel. You can be sure that he lives. And you can be just as sure that there won’t be any dew or rain on the whole land. There won’t be any during the next few years. It won’t come until I say so.”Then a message came to Elijah from the Lord. He said,“ Leave this place. Go east and hide in the Kerith Valley. It is east of the Jordan River.You will drink water from the brook. I have directed some ravens to supply you with food there.”So Elijah did what the Lord had told him to do. He went to the Kerith Valley. It was east of the Jordan River. He stayed there.The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning. They also brought him bread and meat in the evening. He drank water from the brook.Some time later the brook dried up. It hadn’t rained in the land for quite a while.

The nobles send their servants to get water. They go to the wells. But they do not find any water. They return with empty jars. They are terrified. They do not have any hope. They cover their heads.

Ahab had said to Obadiah,“ Go through the land. Go to all the valleys and springs of water. Maybe we can find some grass there. It will keep the horses and mules alive. Then we won’t have to kill any of our animals.”

The waters of the Nile River will dry up. The bottom of it will be cracked and dry.Its canals will stink. And the streams of Egypt will get smaller and smaller until they dry up. The tall grass that grows along the river will dry up.So will the plants along the banks of the Nile. Even the planted fields along the Nile will dry up. Everything that grows there will blow away and disappear.The fishermen will moan. All those who drop hooks into the Nile will weep. Those who throw their nets on the water will become very sad.Those who make clothes out of flax will lose hope. So will those who weave fine linen.Those who work with cloth will be unhappy. And all those who work for money will be sick at heart.

He controls the seas. He dries them up. He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Mount Carmel dry up. The flowers in Lebanon fade.

You opened up streams and springs. You dried up rivers that flow all year long.

The Lord will reach out his powerful hand against the north. He will destroy Assyria. He’ll leave Nineveh totally empty. It will be as dry as a desert.

So Moab will become like Sodom,” announces the Lord who rules over all.“ Ammon will be like Gomorrah. Weeds and salt pits will cover those countries. They will be dry and empty deserts forever. Those who are still left alive among my people will take all their valuable things. So they will receive those lands as their own. And that is just as sure as I am alive.” The Lord is the God of Israel.

The city of Babylon is the jewel of kingdoms. It is the pride and glory of the Babylonians. But God will destroy it just as he did Sodom and Gomorrah.No one will ever live in Babylon again. No one will live there for all time to come. Those who wander in the desert will never set up their tents there. Shepherds will never rest their flocks there.But desert creatures will lie down there. Wild dogs will fill its houses. Owls will live there. Wild goats will jump around in it.

“ I also held back rain from you. The time to harvest crops was still three months away. I sent rain on one town. But I held it back from another. One field had rain. But another had no rain and dried up.People wandered from town to town to look for water. But they did not get enough to drink. In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,” announces the Lord.

I say to the deep waters,‘ Dry up. Let your streams become dry.’

The streams of Edom will be turned into tar. Its dust will be turned into blazing sulfur. Its land will become burning tar.The fire will keep burning night and day. It can’t be put out. Its smoke will go up forever. Edom will lie empty for all time to come. No one will ever travel through it again.

Even the wild animals cry out to you for help. The streams of water have dried up. Fire has burned up the desert grasslands.