Psalms 107:33

World English Bible

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Contextual Overview

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turneth: 1 Kings 17:1-7, Isaiah 13:19-21, Isaiah 19:5-10, Isaiah 34:9, Isaiah 34:10, Isaiah 42:15, Isaiah 44:27, Isaiah 50:2, Ezekiel 30:12, Joel 1:20, Nahum 1:4, Zephaniah 2:9, Zephaniah 2:13

watersprings: 1 Kings 18:5, Jeremiah 14:3, Amos 4:7, Amos 4:8

Reciprocal: Judges 6:39 - dry 2 Kings 2:21 - there shall Isaiah 32:15 - the spirit Jeremiah 51:36 - and I will

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

He turneth rivers into a wilderness,.... A country abounding with rivers, as the country round about Sodom and the land of Canaan were, Genesis 13:10. Such an one is sometimes, by the just judgment of God, turned into a desert.

And the water springs into dry ground: what was like a well watered garden becomes like dry and barren earth, on which nothing grows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He turneth rivers into a wilderness - He makes great changes in the earth; he shows that he has absolute dominion over it. See the notes at Isaiah 44:26-27. On the word “wilderness,” see the notes at Psalms 107:4. The point here is, that God had such control over nature that he could make the bed of a river dry and barren as the rocky or sandy desert. He could effectually dry up the stream, and make it so dry and parched that nothing would grow but the most stunted shrubs, such as were found in the waste and sandy desert.

And the water-springs into dry ground - The very fountains of the rivers: not only drying up the river itself by leading it off into burning wastes where it would be evaporated by the heat, or lost in the sand - but so directly affecting the “sources” of the streams as to make them dry.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 107:33. He turneth rivers into a wilderness — After having, as above, illustrated the state of the Jews in their captivity, and the deliverance which God wrought for them, he now turns to the general conduct of God in reference to the poor and needy; and his gracious interpositions in their behalf, the providential supply of their wants, and his opposition to their oppressors. On account of the wickedness of men, he sometimes changes a fruitful land into a desert. See the general state of Egypt in the present time: once a fertile land; now an arid, sandy wilderness. Again, by his blessing on honest industry, he has changed deserts into highly fertile ground. And, as for the wickedness of their inhabitants, many lands are cursed and rendered barren; so, when a people acknowledge him in all their ways, he blesses their toil, gives them rain and fruitful seasons, and fills their hearts with joy and gladness.