English Standard Version
Isaiah 44:27
27who says to the deep, 'Be dry; 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,’
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry! And I will dry up your rivers’;
- New Living Translation (NLT)When I speak to the rivers and say, ‘Dry up!’ they will be dry.
Context of Isaiah 44:27
25who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish, 26who confirms the word of his servant and fulfills the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, 'She shall be inhabited,' and of the cities of Judah, 'They shall be built, and I will raise up their ruins'; who says to the deep, 'Be dry; I will dry up your rivers'; 28who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfill all my purpose'; saying of Jerusalem, 'She shall be built,' and of the temple, 'Your foundation shall 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 11:15And the Lord will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and will wave his hand over the River with his scorching breath, and strike it into seven channels, and he will lead people across in sandals.
- Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn the rivers into islands, and dry up the pools.
- Isaiah 43:16Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters,
- Isaiah 51:15I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of hosts is his name.
- Psalms 74:15You split open springs and brooks; you dried up ever-flowing streams.
- Jeremiah 50:38A drought against her waters, that they may be dried up! For it is a land of images, and they are mad over idols.
- Jeremiah 51:32the fords have been seized, the marshes are burned with fire, and the soldiers are in panic.
- Revelation 16:12The sixth angel 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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