And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
They - thy "seed" and "offspring;" literally, thy offshoots ().
Shall spring up (as) among the grass - as needlessly is inserted in the English version. Rather, 'they shall spring up among the grass (i:e., luxuriantly; because what grows in the midst of grass grows luxuriantly); as willows by the water-courses,' which makes the parallel clauses balanced (Maurer).
Verse Isaiah 44:4. _THEY SHALL SPRING UP AS AMONG THE GRASS_ - "They shall spring up as the grass among the waters"] בבין חציר _bebeyn_ _chatsir_, "They shall spring up _in the midst of_, or rather,...
AND THEY SHALL SPRING UP - The idea is, that as plants and trees planted by water-courses, and in well-watered fields, grow and flourish, so should their children grow in virtue, hope, piety, and zeal...
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 43:22 TO ISAIAH 44:5. YAHWEH'S INTERVENTION, NOT PURCHASED BY HIS PEOPLE BUT ENTIRELY OF HIS GRACE, SHALL BRING NEW LIFE TO ISRAEL. It is not that during the exile Israel has assiduously sought...
AS WILLOWS, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:6). App-92. WATER COURSES. See note on "streams", Isaiah 30:25....
Isaiah 44:1. Once more the gloom of the present is lighted up by the promise of a brilliant future; the Divine spirit shall be poured out on Israel, and strangers shall esteem it an honour to attach t...
_spring up as among the grass_ R.V., more accurately, omits "as"; but the text is unquestionably corrupt. There is no doubt that the LXX. preserves the true reading: SPRING UP AS GRASS AMONG THE WATER...
DISCOURSE: 935 THE OUT-POURING OF THE SPIRIT PROMISED Isaiah 44:1. 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,...
FOR I WILL POUR WATER— A general promise of help and protection appearing less efficacious, God promises something more great and sublime to his church: for when that church might appear to apprehend...
B. POWER OF THE LORD'S SERVANT Chapter S 44-49 1. SOVEREIGN OVER ALL GODS, CHAPTER 44 a. SHOWS FAVOR TO THE FAITHFUL TEXT: Isaiah 44:1-8 1 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I hav...
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...
Water is essential for life. People who live in a dry land like Israel understand this fact very well. • Water, or its absence (lack), means the difference between life and death. To give water or no...
AS WILLOWS. — The same word as in Psalms 137:2 and Isaiah 15:7. Botanists identify it with a species of _Viburnum,_ which grows on the banks of streams, rather than with the _“_weeping” or other speci...
וְ צָמְח֖וּ בְּ בֵ֣ין חָצִ֑יר כַּ עֲרָבִ֖ים
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
“BESIDES ME THERE IS NO GOD” Isaiah 44:1-11 What gracious promises are given throughout Scripture, not only to God's children, but to their seed! Here the thirsty soul, longing for love, sympathy, Go...
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...
And they (d) shall spring up [as] among the grass, as willows by the water courses. (d) That is, your children and posterity will increase wonderfully after their deliverance from Babylon....
Nothing can be more lovely or blessed than what is contained in these gracious promises, if read, as they are evidently designed, as made, first, to the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, as Mediator; a...
4._And they shall spring up. _These words contain nothing more than what I quoted from Psalms 104:30, that, when the Spirit of God has been sent forth, the whole face of the earth is renewed, and thos...
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...
AND THEY SHALL SPRING UP AS AMONG THE GRASS,.... That is, such on whom the Spirit of the Lord shall be poured with his gifts and grace, and with the blessings of it: by the "grass" may be meant common...
And they shall spring up [as] among the grass, as willows by the water courses. Ver. 4. _As willows by the water courses._] Not only as the grass, but by a further growth, as the willows, which are o...
_I will pour water_ My Spirit, as it is expounded in the latter part of the verse, frequently compared to water in the Scriptures; _upon him that is thirsty_ That is destitute of it, and that sincerel...
and they, the spiritual children of Israel, SHALL SPRING UP AS AMONG THE GRASS, in rich luxuriance, AS WILLOWS BY THE WATERCOURSES, like the juicy and strong poplars along the banks of the Euphrates,...
THE REASSURANCE OF GOD'S COVENANT FAITHFULNESS...
1-8 Israel is here called Jeshurun, which means "the upright one." Such only are Israelites indeed, in whom is no guile. Those that serve God he will own. He will help them over difficulties, and in...
THEY SHALL SPRING UP AS AMONG THE GRASS; they shall increase and flourish like grass, and those herbs and plants which grow up in the midst of it....
Isaiah 44:4 up H6779 (H8804) among H996 grass H2682 willows H6155 watercourses H4325 H2988 spring -...
THE COMING POURING OUT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (ISAIAH 44:1). Isaiah 44:1 ‘Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, And Israel whom I have chosen.' This reversal of order of the names Jacob and Israel (see als...
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...
Isaiah 44:1. 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; a...
Isaiah 44:1. _Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:_ After all these charges, you see, the love of God to his chosen people is still the same. Well might Paul say, «I am p...
Isaiah 44:1. _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;...
Isaiah 44:1. _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;...
Isaiah 44:1. _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;...
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...
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...
_And they shall spring up as among the grass_ SPRINGING UP AS GRASS R.., more accurately, omits “as”; but the text is unquestionably corrupt. There is no doubt that the LXX. preserves the true readi...
_For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty_ GOD’S SPIRIT AS WATER AND FLOODS The double figure is expressive of copiousness, abundance, variety (both the “water” and the “floods”), the rain fro...
_Yet now hear, O Jacob, __MY SERVANT_ Why are the people of God called by the name of Jacob? Have you never wondered why the people of God should be called by the name of the third of the ancient pat...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 44:3 The “utter destruction” of Isaiah 43:28 reduces God’s people to THIRSTY LAND and DRY GROUND, but under t
THE SPIRIT PROMISED TO THE SEED OF JACOB Isaiah 44:1. _Yet now hear, O Jacob my Servant, &c._ The three Divine Persons in the Godhead are represented in Scripture as concurring in the salvation of fa...
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...
Acts 2:41; Acts 4:4; Acts 5:14; Ezekiel 17:5; Isaiah 58:11;...