⁶ Then will the lame^(A) leap like a deer,^(B)
    and the mute tongue^(C) shout for joy.^(D)
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
    and streams^(E) in the desert.

⁷ The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground^(A) bubbling springs.^(B)
In the haunts where jackals^(C) once lay,
    grass and reeds^(D) and papyrus will grow.

¹⁸ I will make rivers flow^(A) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert^(B) into pools of water,^(C)
    and the parched ground into springs.^(D)