Isa 41:17 | JFB | STEP | 17. poor and needy-- primarily, the exiles in Babylon. water-- figuratively, refreshment, prosperity after their affliction. The language is so constructed as only very partially to apply to the local and temporary event of the restoration from Babylon; but fully to be realized in the waters of life and of the Spirit, under the Gospel ( ; ; Joh 7:37-39; 4:14). God wrought no miracles that we read of, in any wilderness, during the return from Babylon. faileth-- rather, "is rigid" or parched [Horsley].

‏ Isaiah 41:17

17. poor and needy--primarily, the exiles in Babylon.

water--figuratively, refreshment, prosperity after their affliction. The language is so constructed as only very partially to apply to the local and temporary event of the restoration from Babylon; but fully to be realized in the waters of life and of the Spirit, under the Gospel (Is 30:25; 44:3; Joh 7:37-39; 4:14). God wrought no miracles that we read of, in any wilderness, during the return from Babylon.

faileth--rather, "is rigid" or parched [Horsley].