Isaiah 45:8 KJV
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
Thou and Ye
- ye more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
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Parallel Passages
- Psalms 85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
- Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
- Psalms 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
- Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
- Joel 3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
- Hosea 14:5–8 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. …
- Joel 2:28–29 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: …
- 1 Corinthians 3:6–9 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. …
- Psalms 72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
- Psalms 85:9–12 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. …
- Isaiah 4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
- Isaiah 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
- Isaiah 32:15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
- Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
- Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
- Isaiah 60:21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
- Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
- Isaiah 65:17–18 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. …
- Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
- Jeremiah 31:22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
- Ezekiel 34:26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
- Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
- Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
- Titus 3:3–6 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. …
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Topics
- Blessing Spiritual, from God
- Church Prophecies concerning prosperity of Church
- Gentiles Prophecies of the conversion of Gentiles
- Isaiah Fortells the conversion of the Gentiles and the triumph of the gospel
- Jesus, the Christ Prophecies concerning universality of the kingdom of Jesus, the Christ
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Drop down הַרְעִיפוּ harʿîpû רָעַף Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine plural
- ye heavens שָׁמַיִם šāmayim שָׁמַיִם Noun · masculine plural
- from above מִמַּעַל mimmaʿal מַעַל Adverb · with preposition
- and let the skies וּשְׁחָקִים ûšĕḥāqîm שַׁחַק Noun · masculine plural · with and
- pour down יִזְּלוּ yizzĕlû נָזַל Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
- righteousness צֶדֶק ṣedeq צֶדֶק Noun · masculine singular
- let the earth אֶרֶץ ʾereṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
- open תִּפְתַּח tiptaḥ פָּתַח Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular
- and let them bring forth וְיִפְרוּ wĕyiprû פָּרָה Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- salvation יֶשַׁע yešaʿ יֶשַׁע Noun · masculine singular
- and let righteousness וּצְדָקָה ûṣĕdāqâ צְדָקָה Noun · feminine singular · with and
- spring up תַצְמִיחַ taṣmîaḥ צָמַח Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person feminine singular
- together יַחַד yaḥad יַחַד Adverb
- I the LORD אֲנִי ʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- have created בְּרָאתִיו bĕrāʾtîw בָּרָא Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
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