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Isaiah 44:4
4They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams.
Isaiah 44:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They shall spring up among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They will spring up among the grass Like willows by the watercourses.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)They will thrive like watered grass, like willows on a riverbank.
Context of Isaiah 44:4
2This is what the Lord says— he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. 3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams. 5Some will say, ‘I belong to the Lord’; others will call themselves by the name of Jacob; still others will write on their hand, ‘The Lord’s,’ and will take the name Israel. 6“This is what the Lord says— Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.
Read all of Isaiah 44Isaiah 44:4 word by word
וְצָמְח֖וּ בְּבֵ֣ין חָצִ֑יר כַּעֲרָבִ֖ים עַל־יִבְלֵי־מָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 44:4
- Isaiah 58:11The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Isaiah 61:11For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.
- Psalms 1:3That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.
- Psalms 92:13planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
- Acts 2:41Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
- Acts 4:4But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand.
- Acts 5:14Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.
- Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
- Ezekiel 17:5“ ‘He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,
Commentaries on Isaiah 44:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4They shall spring up as among the grass "They shall spring up as the grass among the waters" - חציר בבין bebeyn chatsir, "They shall spring up to the midst of, or rather, in among, the grass. "This cannot be right: eleven MSS., and thirteen editions, have כבין kebeyn, or כבן keben . Twenty-four MSS. read it without the י yod, בבן beben, in the son of the grass; and so reads the Chaldee; בבן beben, in the son of the grass. Twenty-four MSS. of Dr…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And they shall spring up - The idea is, that as plants and trees planted by water-courses, and in well-watered fields, grow and flourish, so should their children grow in virtue, hope, piety, and zeal. As among the grass - They shall spring up and flourish as the grass does when abundantly watered from heaven. On the meaning of the unusual form of the word בבים bebēyn in the Hebrew (“in among”), see Vitringa and Rosenmuller. The ב (b ) here is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5The promise of salvation gave Israel a future. Even though the people had sinned, God would still use them to bless the next generation (Isaiah 44:3). The past had been dark because of their sin (see Isaiah 43:22–28). But the future would be different. God would begin a new time of blessing. His Spirit would change the people and make this new beginning possible.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-281-5. Yet--Though thou hast sinned, yet hear God's gracious promise as to thy deliverance. chosen--(Is 41:8).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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