Isaiah 45:8
Context| NETBible | O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers 1 of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it 2 so salvation may grow, 3 and deliverance may sprout up 4 along with it. I, the Lord, create it. 5 |
| XREF | Ps 72:3,6; Ps 85:9-12; Isa 4:2; Isa 11:1; Isa 32:15; Isa 44:3; Isa 53:2; Isa 61:3,11; Isa 65:17,18; Isa 66:22; Jer 31:22; Eze 34:26; Ho 10:12; Ho 14:5-8; Joe 2:28,29; Joe 3:18; Ac 2:33; 1Co 3:6-9; Eph 2:10; Eph 4:24; Tit 3:3-6 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “let the clouds drip with”; KJV “let the skies pour down.” 2 tn Heb “open up” (so NASB); NIV, NLT “open wide.” 3 tc The plural verb should be emended to a singular form. The vav (ו) ending is probably virtually dittographic (note the yod at the beginning of the following word). 4 tc The Hiphil verb form (תַצְמִיחַ, tatsmiakh) should probably be emended to a Qal (תִצְמַח, titsmakh). The יח sequence at the end of the form is probably due to dittography (note the following יַחַד, yakhad). 5 tn The masculine singular pronominal suffix probably refers back to יָשַׁע (yasha’, “salvation”). |
