That saith to the deep — i.e., to the Euphrates. The words find a literal fulfilment in the strategical operation by which Cyrus turned the river from its usual bed into the Sepharvaim channel, and thus enabled his soldiers to cross on foot (Herod. i. 191). Symbolically the words may mean simply the destruction of the power of Babylon, of which its river was the emblem. (Comp. Revelation 16:12.)
Verse Isaiah 44:27. _THAT SAITH TO THE DEEP, BE DRY_ - "Who saith to the deep, Be thou wasted"] Cyrus took Babylon by laying the bed of the Euphrates dry, and leading his army into the city by night...
THAT SAITH TO THE DEEP, BE DRY - Lowth supposes, that this refers to the fact that Cyrus took Babylon by diverting from their course the waters of the river Euphrates, and thus leaving the bed of the...
CHAPTER 44 Jehovah Continues to Speak 1. _Spiritual blessings promised by the gift of the Spirit (Isaiah 44:1)_ 2. _Jehovah the First and the Last (Isaiah 44:6)_ 3. _Idolatry rebuked (Isaiah 44:9)_ 4...
ISAIAH 44:24 TO ISAIAH 45:8. YAHWEH'S COMMISSION TO CYRUS. Yahweh reminds Israel of His power as sole Creator of the universe. What He created He still controls, so that He falsifies the predictions d...
THE DEEP: i.e. the Euphrates, on which Babylon was built. I WILL DRY UP. Literally fulfilled, at the taking of Babylon, by Cyrus through his general, Gobryas. Compare Jeremiah 50:38, &c. RIVERS. Plu...
THUS SAITH THE LORD THY REDEEMER, &C.— The prophet here continues the discourse of God, after having called upon the whole creation, in the preceding verse, to praise him for the blessing of that grea...
c. SHOWS THE FRUSTRATION OF FOOLISH COUNSEL TEXT: Isaiah 44:21-28 21 Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have found thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shal...
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: THAT SAITH TO THE DEEP, BE DRY, AND I WILL DRY UP THY RIVERS - referring to the Euphrates, which has turned into a different channel, c...
The allusion is to the drying up, (_a_) of the waters which would impede the returning exiles, or (_b_) of the waters which protected Babylon (Jeremiah 50:38; Jeremiah 51:36). Cyrus, in fact, entered...
THE IMPOTENCE OF IDOLS 1-23. The reproach of God's people shall be entirely removed. Jehovah the Eternal, who rules the events of history, contrasted with the futile gods of the heathen. 24-28. This...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 44 The connection between Chapter s 43 and 44 is similar to the connection...
הָ אֹמֵ֥ר לַ † צּוּלָ֖ה חֳרָ֑בִי וְ...
Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
THE PROMISE OF REDEMPTION Isaiah 44:21-28 What divine comfort there is in these gracious words! Notwithstanding all their wanderings and sins, the Chosen People were Jehovah's elect race. Nothing cou...
The beginning of this chapter (verses Isa 44:1-5) contains the gracious promise of the outpouring of the Spirit of God, and a description of the blessing of refreshment and renewal which will come to...
That saith to the (e) deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: (e) He shows that God's work would be no less notable in this their deliverance, than when he brought them out of Egypt, through the...
_Deep. Babylon, situated amid waters, chap. xxi. 1. (Calmet) --- Rivers, as Cyrus did. (Herodotus i. 191.)_...
Here is a renewed instance of Jehovah's claiming the distinguishing prerogative of his sovereignty; and a most blessed one it is. And when we consider the reasons for which the Lord thus reveals himse...
27._Saying to the deep. _This is generally considered to be an allegorical description of Babylon, and I certainly do not deny that it is included; but yet I cannot think of limiting it to Babylon, fo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 44 AND 45. Jehovah now reasons with His people whom He had formed from the womb, encourages them, promises them His Spirit. Their children shall spring up as...
THAT SAITH TO THE DEEP, BE DRY,.... The Targum is, "that saith to Babylon, be desolate;'' and most interpreters, Jewish and Christian, understand it of Babylon, which was situated in a watery place,...
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: Ver. 27. _That saith to the deep, Be dry,_] _i.e., _ That will put it into the heart of Cyrus to dry up Euphrates, and so to take Babylon...
_I am the Lord that maketh all things_ And therefore I can save thee without the help of any other gods, or any creature; _that frustrateth the tokens of the liars_ Of the magicians and astrologers, w...
that saith to the deep, in another exhibition of His power, BE DRY, AND I WILL DRY UP THY RIVERS, to serve His purpose at all times;...
The Promise to have Jerusalem Rebuilt This section, according to a careful analysis, belongs to the next chapter, for it takes up the deliverance of Israel as effected in consequence of the decree of...
21-28 Return unto me. It is the great concern of those who have backslidden from God, like the Jews of old, to hasten their return to him. The work of redemption wrought for us by Christ, encourages...
That with a word can and will dry up the sea (which in Scripture is very frequently called THE DEEP, as PSALMS 107:24 ISAIAH 63:13 JONAH 2:3, &c.) and rivers, and remove all impediments, and make the...
Isaiah 44:27 says H559 (H8802) deep H6683 dry H2717 (H8798) up H3001 (H8686) rivers H5104 Be dry -
YAHWEH WILL RAISE UP CYRUS TO REBUILD JERUSALEM AND LAY THE FOUNDATIONS OF A NEW TEMPLE (ISAIAH 44:24 TO ISAIAH 45:13). In the Near East of Isaiah's day there were not many major powers. Egypt had bee...
In this chapter, God encourages his Church by a promise of the visitation of his Spirit. Oh, that it may be fulfilled to us also! Isaiah 44:1. Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I hav...
This evening, we will read two Chapter s from Isaiah's prophecy, the forty-fourth and the fifty-fifth, and a few verses from the twenty-third chapter of the second Book of Samuel. May the Lord bless a...
CONTENTS: The promise of the Spirit and the coming restoration. The folly of idolatry. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Cyrus. CONCLUSION: There is no God besides Jehovah. He is infinite and therefore...
Isaiah 44:5. _Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord._ This phrase is somewhat obscure; it is not said whether they signed a covenant, or imprinted some mark on their hand. The latter sen...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 44:27 I WILL DRY UP YOUR RIVERS. Probably a reference back to the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea at the exodus (see Isaiah 11:15;...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 44:1 A PROPHECY OF ISRAEL'S SPIRITUAL RECOVERY AND REGENERATION. This section is closely connected with Isaiah 43:1; of which it ought to form
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesh...
Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 43:16; Isaiah 51:15
That saith — That with a word can dry up the sea and rivers, and remove all impediments....