1 Chronicles 11:17
Hebrew Text— 1 Chronicles 11:17David longed, and said, “Oh that one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
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He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.
“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;
and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.
It will happen in that day, that living waters will go out from Jerusalem: half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea. It will be so in summer and in winter.
This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh’s.
Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
David longed, and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.”
My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon.
With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
“At that time,” says Yahweh, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
The prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah.” Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of God’s house.
If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.
Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.
These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
and Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,
God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land.
Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”