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イザヤ記 41:17
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the poor: Isaiah 61:1, Isaiah 66:2, Psalms 68:9, Psalms 68:10, Psalms 72:12, Psalms 72:13, Psalms 102:16, Psalms 102:17, Matthew 5:3
seek: Isaiah 55:1, Exodus 17:3, Exodus 17:6, Psalms 42:2, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 63:2, Amos 8:11-13, Matthew 5:6, John 4:10-15, John 7:37-39, Revelation 21:6, Revelation 22:17
their tongue: Psalms 22:15, Lamentations 4:4, Luke 16:24
I the Lord: Isaiah 30:19, Judges 15:18, Judges 15:19, Psalms 34:6, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 102:17, Psalms 107:5, Psalms 107:6, 2 Corinthians 12:9
I the God: Isaiah 42:16, Genesis 28:15, Psalms 94:14, Hebrews 13:5, Hebrews 13:6
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:17 - water of Numbers 20:8 - bring forth Numbers 21:16 - Gather Judges 4:19 - Give me Judges 6:13 - forsaken us 1 Samuel 12:22 - the Lord 2 Samuel 23:15 - longed 1 Kings 8:26 - And now 1 Kings 17:8 - the word 2 Kings 3:17 - Ye shall not 2 Kings 19:15 - O Lord God 1 Chronicles 4:10 - the God 2 Chronicles 6:17 - O Lord Nehemiah 9:20 - gavest Esther 6:1 - that night Job 20:17 - the rivers Psalms 40:17 - I am poor Psalms 107:35 - turneth Psalms 137:6 - let my tongue Psalms 141:8 - leave not my soul destitute Isaiah 29:19 - the poor Isaiah 35:6 - for Isaiah 43:20 - to give Isaiah 44:3 - pour water Isaiah 48:21 - they thirsted Jeremiah 31:9 - I will Ezekiel 36:10 - I will Ezekiel 47:8 - and go down Joel 3:18 - and all Amos 4:8 - two Amos 8:13 - General Zechariah 10:6 - for I am Zechariah 14:8 - in summer Mark 15:34 - why Luke 11:24 - dry 1 Corinthians 12:13 - to drink Revelation 7:16 - hunger
Gill's Notes on the Bible
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst,.... This is to be understood not literally, but spiritually; not of their outward circumstances, though the people of God are for the most part the poor of the world, and in need of the good things of it, hungry and thirsty, and naked; but of their spiritual estate: as in Christ they need nothing; but in themselves, and at different times, and in different frames, want many things; as larger discoveries of the love of God, fresh supplies of grace from Christ, more spiritual light and liveliness, fresh strength and comfort, fresh views of pardon and righteousness, fresh food for faith, and more grace of every sort to help them in their time of need; and which they seek for at the throne of grace, and in public ordinances, and sometimes they can find none, or it is a long time ere they obtain any: they thirst after doctrine, as the Targum, after the word and ordinances, and sometimes their circumstances are such, they cannot come at them; after communion with God, and spiritual comfort, and cannot enjoy it, being in a place where is no water; and after the blessings of grace, and can have no application of them; see Psalms 42:1, this may represent in a great measure the state of the church under the ten persecutions of the Heathen emperors, or when obliged to fly into the wilderness from the wrath of the dragon,
Revelation 12:6:
I the Lord will hear them; their cries and prayers, and answer them, and supply their wants, who is the Lord God Almighty, and can help them, the Lord that changes not, and therefore they shall not be consumed:
I the God of Israel will not forsake them; neither their persons, nor his work of grace upon them, but will support them, and provide for them, and carry on his work in them; of which they may be assured, because he is the God of Israel, their covenant God and Father.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
When the poor and needy seek water - Water is often used in the Scriptures as an emblem of the provisions of divine mercy. Bursting fountains in a desert, and flowing streams unexpectedly met with in a dry and thirsty land, are often also employed to denote the comfort and refreshment which the gospel furnishes to sinful and suffering man in his journey through this world. The ‘poor and needy’ here, doubtless refer primarily to the afflicted captives in Babylon. But the expression of the prophet is general, and the description is as applicable to his people at all times in similar circumstances as it was to them. The image here is derived from their anticipated return from Babylon to Judea. The journey lay through a vast pathless desert (see the notes at Isaiah 40:3). In that journey when they were weary, faint and thirsty, God would meet and refresh them as if he should open fountains in their way, and plant trees with far-reaching boughs and thick foliage along the road to produce a grateful shade, and make the whole journey through a pleasant grove. As he met their fathers in their journey from Egypt to the land of Canaan, and had brought water from the flinty rock in the desert (Exodus 15:22 ff), so in their journey through the sands of Arabia Deserta, he would again meet them, and provide for all their want.