Isaiah 44:27
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers will I dry up;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 8:1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged;
Psalms 74:15Thou didst cleave fountain and stream: thou didst dry up ever-flowing rivers.
Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste mountains and hills, and all their herbs will I dry up; and I will change the rivers into islands, and pools will I dry up.
Isaiah 50:2Why did I come and no man was there, did I call, with none to answer? hath my hand become too short for redeeming? or is there no power in me to deliver? behold, through my threatening I can dry up the sea, I can change the rivers into a wilderness: their fish stink for want of water, and die for thirst.
Isaiah 63:12That displayed by the right hand of Moses his glorious arm; that divided the water before them, to make unto himself an everlasting name?
Jeremiah 51:32And that the passages have been seized, and that they have burnt the reeds with fire, and that 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 →