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Isaiah 45:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Isaiah 45:8

Verse 8 of 25

Scripture focus

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.

Isaiah 45:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 45:8

Theological / Devotional

Drop down. Dead Sea scroll 1QIs reads “burst asunder.”

Pour down righteousness. Isaiah pictures righteousness descending from heaven as a gentle rain, bringing life and refreshment to the barren earth (see Ps. 72:6; Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:23).

Let the earth open. Dead Sea scroll 1QIs reads, for this clause and the next, “the one saying to the earth, Bud forth with salvation.” This scroll lacks “together; I the Lord have created it.”

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