17 “The afflicted ones and the poor ones are seeking for water,+ but there is none. Because of thirst+ their very tongue has become dry.+ I myself, Jehovah, shall answer them.+ I, the God of Israel,* shall not leave them.+

9 With weeping they will come,+ and with [their] entreaties for favor I shall bring them. I shall make them walk to torrent valleys of water,+ in a right way in which they will not be caused to stumble. For I have become to Israel a Father;+ and as for Eʹphra·im, he is my firstborn.”+

17 And the spirit*+ and the bride+ keep on saying: “Come!” And let anyone hearing say: “Come!”+ And let anyone thirsting come;+ let anyone that wishes take life’s water free.+