George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 44:3
Stock. I will give fresh life to my people, as to the figure of Christ's Church.
Stock. I will give fresh life to my people, as to the figure of Christ's Church.
FOR I WILL POUR WATER - Floods, rivers, streams, and waters, are often used in the Scriptures, and especially in Isaiah, to denote plenteous divine blessings, particularly the abundant influences of t...
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...
I WILL POUR, &C. These promises all refer to the day of Israel's future restoration. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. For this promise, see Ezekiel 36:25; Ezekiel 39:29. Compare Isaiah 32:15;...
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...
On the first half of the verse see ch. Isaiah 41:17 ff. Here, however, a figurative sense predominates, as is shewn by what follows. The "spirit" is the agent both of physical and moral regeneration,...
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...
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: I WILL POUR WATER UPON HIM THAT IS THIRSTY...
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...
Cp. Isaiah 43:20....
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...
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...
I WILL POUR WATER... — The latter words of the verse interpret the former. It is not the union of material or spiritual blessings, but first the symbol, and then the reality. The “thirst” is that of P...
כִּ֤י אֶצָּק ־מַ֨יִם֙ עַל ־צָמֵ֔א וְ נֹזְלִ֖י
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...
For I will pour water upon him that is (c) thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy offspring: (c) Because man of himself is as the dry an...
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...
3._For I will pour waters. _He continues the same subject, and at the same time explains what will be the nature of that assistance which he has promised. But we ought always to keep in remembrance th...
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...
FOR I WILL POUR WATER OH HIM THAT IS THIRSTY,.... Or rather upon the thirsty land, as the Targum; and so the Syriac version, "in a thirsty place"; as a dry land is a thirsty land; it thirsts for water...
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: Ver. 3. _For I will pour water upon him that...
_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...
THE REASSURANCE OF GOD'S COVENANT FAITHFULNESS...
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, those in need of spiritual refreshment, Matthew 5:6, AND FLOODS UPON THE DRY GROUND; I WILL POUR MY SPIRIT UPON THY SEED, the children of the Church, AN...
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...
I WILL POUR WATER; my Spirit and blessing, which is frequently compared to water; and so it is expounded in the latter part of the verse. UPON HIM THAT IS THIRSTY: either, 1. Upon him that desires it...
Isaiah 44:3 pour H3332 (H8799) water H4325 thirsty H6771 floods H5140 (H8802) ground H3004 pour H3332 ...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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;...
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...
_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 10:45; Acts 2:17; Acts 2:33; Acts 2:39; Ezekiel 34:26;...
Water — Upon him that is destitute of it....