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Isaiah 45:8

You heavens, rain down from above! Let the skies rain down righteousness. 1 Let the earth absorb it, that salvation may sprout up, 1 and righteousness spring up together with it. I, Yahweh, have created them both. 1

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In The King James Version

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

In Context

7I form the light and create darkness; 1 I bring peace and create disaster; I am Yahweh, who does all these things. 1

9Woe to anyone who argues with the one who formed him, to him who is like any other earthen pot among all the earthen pots in the ground! 1 Does the clay say to the potter, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles on it'? 1

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Cross References

Psalms 72:3May the mountains produce peace for the people; 1 may the hills produce righteousness. 1

Psalms 85:9Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him; 1 then glory will remain in our land. 1

Isaiah 4:2On that day the branch of Yahweh will be beautiful and glorious, 1 and the fruit of the land will be tasty 1 and delightful for those survivors in Israel. 1

Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, 1 and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered as a forest. 1

Isaiah 44:24This is what Yahweh says, your Redeemer, he who formed you from the womb: 1 “I am Yahweh, who made everything, 1 who alone stretched out the heavens, who alone fashioned the earth. 1

Isaiah 53:2For he grew up before Yahweh like a sapling, and like a sprout out of parched earth; 1 he had no remarkable appearance or splendor; when we saw him, there was no beauty to attract us. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:6-11

The Divine Dominion. ( b. c. 708.) 5 I am the Lord , and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord , and there is none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth… Read the whole commentary →

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