Isaiah 44:27

that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

In Context

26that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built up, and I will raise up their ruins;

28that saith of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and he shall perform all my pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:1And God remembered Noah, and all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

Psalms 74:15*Thou* didst cleave fountain and torrent, *thou* driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

Isaiah 50:2Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.

Isaiah 63:12his glorious arm leading them by the right hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name,

Jeremiah 51:32and the passages are seized, and the reedy places are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 44:22-28

Encouragement to the People of God. ( b. c. 708.) 21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. 22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. 23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed… Read the whole commentary →

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