'Parched' in the Bible
As water disappears from the seaand a river becomes parched and dry,
I am weary from my crying;my throat is parched.My eyes fail, looking for my God.
I spread out my hands to You;I am like parched land before You.Selah
Good news from a distant landis like cold water to a parched throat.
Therefore My people will go into exilebecause they lack knowledge;her dignitaries are starving,and her masses are parched with thirst.
The waters of the sea will dry up,and the river will be parched and dry.
The channels will stink;they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched.Reed and rush will die.
the parched ground will become a pool of water,and the thirsty land springs of water.In the haunt of jackals, in their lairs,there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.
The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;their tongues are parched with thirst.I, Yahweh, will answer them;I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
The Lord will always lead you,satisfy you in a parched land,and strengthen your bones.You will be like a watered gardenand like a spring whose waters never run dry.
He will be like a juniper in the Arabah;he cannot see when good comesbut dwells in the parched places in the wilderness,in a salt land where no one lives.
Come down from glory; sit on parched ground,resident of the daughter of Dibon,for the destroyer of Moab has come against you;he has destroyed your fortresses.
Otherwise, I will strip her nakedand expose her as she was on the day of her birth.I will make her like a desertand like a parched land,and I will let her die of thirst.