Isaiah 44:27
Who saith to the deep—Be dry and Thy rivers, will I drain!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 all the wild—beasts and all the tame-beasts that were with him in the ark,—and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;
Psalms 74:15Thou, didst cleave open fountain and torrent, Thou, didst dry up rivers of steady flow:
Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste mountains, and hills, And all their vegetation, will I wither,—And I will make rivers to be shores, And lakes, will I dry up:
Isaiah 50:2Wherefore, When I came in, was there no one? When I called, was there none to answer? Is mine own hand, really shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or is there not, in me, strength to deliver? Lo! by my rebuke, I dry up the sea I make rivers a desert, Their fish Stinketh, for want of water, Yea dieth, for thirst:
Isaiah 63:12That caused to go at the right hand of Moses his own majestic arm,—Cleaving the waters from before them, To make himself an age-abiding name:
Jeremiah 51:32and The fords, have been seized, and The reeds, have they burned with fire; and The men of war, are dismayed!
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 →