Isaiah 44:27

That saith to the deep, Be dry, 1 and I will dry up thy naharot; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26That confirmeth the davar of His eved, 1 and fulfilleth the etza (prediction) of His malachim; that saith to Yerushalayim, 1 Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the towns of Yehudah, 1 Ye shall be rebuilt, 1 and I will raise up the ruins thereof: 1

28That saith of Koresh (Cyrus), He is Ro'i (My Shepherd), 1 and shall accomplish all My pleasure; 1 even saying to Yerushalayim: Thou shalt be rebuilt; 1 and to the Heikhal: Thy foundation shall be laid.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:1And Elohim remembered Noach, and every living thing, and all the behemah that was with him in the tevah (ark); and Elohim made a ruach to pass over ha'aretz, and the waters subsided;

Psalms 74:15Thou didst break open the fountain and the flood; 1 Thou driedst up mighty naharot (rivers). 1

Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste harim and geva'ot (hills), 1 and dry up all their esev (vegetation); 1 and I will make the neharot into iyim, 1 and I will dry up agamim (pools, lakes). 1

Isaiah 50:2Why, when I came, was there no ish (man [at all] to respond)? 1 When I called, was there none to answer? 1 Is My Yad too short, that it cannot redeem? 1 Or have I no ko'ach (power) to save? 1 Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the yam (sea), 1 I make the neharot (rivers) a midbar (desert); 1 their dag (fish) stink, because there is no mayim, 1 and die of tzama (thirst). 1

Isaiah 63:12Who led them at the right hand of Moshe 1 with His zero'a tiferet, 1 dividing the mayim before them, 1 to make Himself a Shem Olam? 1

Jeremiah 51:32And that the ma'abarot (fords, river-crossings) have been seized, 1 and the marshes burned with eish, 1 and the anshei hamilchamah are terrified. 1

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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