Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 44:27
27who says to the depths of the sea, “Be dry,” and I will dry up your rivers;
Isaiah 44:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
- New International Version (NIV)who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your streams,’
- English Standard Version (ESV)who says to the deep, 'Be dry; I will dry up your rivers';
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry! And I will dry up your rivers’;
Context of Isaiah 44:27
25who destroys the omens of the false prophets and makes fools of diviners; who confounds the wise and makes their knowledge foolishness; 26who confirms the message of his servant and fulfills the counsel of his messengers; who says to Jerusalem, “She will be inhabited,” and to the cities of Judah, “They will be rebuilt,” and I will restore her ruins; who says to the depths of the sea, “Be dry,” and I will dry up your rivers; 28who says to Cyrus, “My shepherd, he will fulfill all my pleasure” and says to Jerusalem, “She will be rebuilt,” and of the temple, “Its foundation will be laid.”
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הָאֹמֵ֥ר לַצּוּלָ֖ה חֳרָ֑בִי וְנַהֲרֹתַ֖יִךְ אוֹבִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 44:27
- Isaiah 11:15The Lord will divide the Gulf of Suez. He will wave his hand over the Euphrates with his mighty wind and will split it into seven streams, letting people walk through on foot.
- Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up marshes.
- Isaiah 43:16This is what the Lord says — who makes a way in the sea, and a path through raging water,
- Isaiah 51:15For I am the Lord your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar — his name is the Lord of Armies.
- Psalms 74:15You opened up springs and streams; you dried up ever-flowing rivers.
- Jeremiah 50:38A drought will come on her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of carved images, and they go mad because of terrifying things.
- Jeremiah 51:32The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the fighting men are terrified.
- Revelation 16:12The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.
Commentaries on Isaiah 44:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27That saith to the deep, Be dry "Who saith to the deep, Be thou wasted" - Cyrus took Babylon by laying the bed of the Euphrates dry, and leading his army into the city by night through the empty channel of the river. This remarkable circumstance, in which the event so exactly corresponded with the prophecy, was also noted by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 50:38; Jeremiah 51:36. "A drought shall be upon her waters, and they shall be dried up: - I will lay her sea dry…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27That saith to the deep, Be dry - Lowth supposes, that this refers to the fact that Cyrus took Babylon by diverting from their course the waters of the river Euphrates, and thus leaving the bed of the river dry, so that he could march his army under the walls of the city (see the notes at Isaiah 43:16-17. The most obvious interpretation is that of Lowth, Vitringa, etc., by which it is supposed that it refers to the drying up of the Euphrates and the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 Return unto me. It is the great concern of those who have backslidden from God, like the Jews of old, to hasten their return to him. The work of redemption wrought for us by Christ, encourages to hope for all blessings from him. Our transgressions and our sins are as a thick cloud between heaven and earth: sins separate between us and God; they threaten a storm of wrath. When God pardons sin, he blots out, he dispels this cloud, this thick…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27The sudden loss of natural resources sometimes shows divine judgment (see Isaiah 42:15; compare 43:20). Here, however, God's ability to dry up streams with only a word shows his power to fulfill his promises through Cyrus of Persia.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2824-28. Confirmation of His promises to the Church and Israel, by various instances of His omnipotence; among these the restoration of the Jews by Cyrus. alone--literally, "Who was with Me?" namely, when I did it; answering to "by Myself," in the parallel clause (compare similar phrases, Ho 8:4; Joh 5:30) [Maurer].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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