93–Spiritual & Physical Blessings Promised

The Lord now begins to show how He will answer the cry of the people. In primarily figurative language He shows that He will introduce a complete reversal of conditions. Under the figure of dry hills, valleys, desert and dry land He characterizes the present spiritual and physical condition of God's people. All these things are to be changed by God Himself. Wherever there are bare places, God will open streams. Which means that He will cause water to flow where there has not been any. This will result in fruitful, fertile land. In the midst of dry river beds, and wadis where there was no water, there will be springs of water. Even the desert will become pools of water, and the dry land will send forth water (Isaiah 43:2). Everywhere in the wilderness (desert), there will be a radical environmental and Spiritual change. The desert will no longer be dry; it will be as a well-watered garden. The figure of water again symbolizes life, for in a dry land the people were in a land of death. This imagery calls attention to the supernatural character and the complete radicalness of the salvation the Lord will provide for His people at the point the entire nation Israel is regenerated (Romans 11:26). The change would be such that those who experienced it would realize that "Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it," did this for them. God then speaks as if to the false prophets to prophecy if they can, which they cannot of course.