the Lord shall guide thee Cf. ch. Isaiah 57:18 "I will lead him," the same verb in Hebr.

satisfy thy soul(cf. Isaiah 58:10) in drought R.V. "dry places".

make fat thy bones So the LXX. The verb (which does not elsewhere occur in this form) may mean "make strong" (thy bones). But it is best to accept an old emendation of Secker and Lowth, and read renew thy strength (see ch. Isaiah 40:29; Isaiah 40:31).

like a watered( well-watered, cf. Isaiah 16:9) garden] Jeremiah 31:12.

whose waters fail not Lit. deceive not. From this root comes the technical word "akzâb, the "deceitful brook" (Jeremiah 15:18; Micah 1:14, R.V.). Comp. John 4:14.

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