Isaiah 45:8

Isaiah 45:8

6 ^aThat they may ^bknow from the rising of the sun to its setting
That there is none besides Me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other;

7 I form the light and create darkness,
I make peace and ^acreate calamity;
I, the Lord, do all these things.’

8 “Rain^a down, you heavens, from above,
And let the skies pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation,
And let righteousness spring up together.
I, the Lord, have created it.

9 “Woe to him who strives with ^ahis Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
^bShall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?

10 Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”

11 Thus says the Lord,
The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
^a“Ask Me of things to come concerning ^bMy sons;
And concerning ^cthe work of My hands, you command Me.

12 ^aI have made the earth,
And ^bcreated man on it.
I—My hands—stretched out the heavens,
And ^call their host I have commanded.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Drop—namely, the fertilizing rain (Psalms 65:12).

skies—clouds; lower than the "heavens."

righteousness—that is, the dews of the Holy Spirit, whereby "righteousness" shall "spring up." (See latter end of the verse).

earth—figuratively for the hearts of men on it, opened for receiving the truth by the Holy Ghost (Acts 16:14).

them—the earth and the heavens. HORSLEY prefers: "Let the earth open, and let salvation and justice grow forth; let it bring them forth together; I the Lord have created him" (Isaiah 45:13). MAURER translates, "Let all kinds of salvation (prosperity) be fruitful" (Psalms 72:3, Psalms 72:6-7). The revival of religion after the return from Babylon suggests to the prophet the diffusion of Messiah's Gospel, especially in days still future; hence the elevation of the language to a pitch above what is applicable to the state of religion after the return.

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Isaiah 41:2
Isaiah 45:1
Isaiah 45:9
Isaiah 61:11
Malachi 2:10-16

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