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Isaiah 44:4

44:3 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:
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

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and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

What does Isaiah 44:4 mean?

Isaiah 44:4 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include צָמַח (tsâmach), בֵּין (bêyn), חָצִיר (châtsîyr). It connects to 15 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
they
shall
spring
upצָמַחtsâmach/tsaw-makh'/H6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
as
amongבֵּיןbêyn/bane/H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
the
grass,חָצִירchâtsîyr/khaw-tseer'/H2682grass; also a leek (collectively)
as
willowsעָרָבʻârâb/aw-rawb'/H6155a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)
by
the
waterמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
courses.יָבָלyâbâl/yaw-bawl'/H2988a stream

Commentary on Isaiah 44:4

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Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 31:5

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. moreover: or, the more wise the preacher was, etc

Isaiah 1:16

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Isaiah 10:21

The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

Isaiah 14:29

Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. cockatrice: or, adder

Isaiah 21:5

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Isaiah 27:11

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

Isaiah 28:22

Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. destroyed: Heb. cut off

John 16:3

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

Romans 10:2

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Philippians 1:9

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; judgment: or, sense

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 44:4.

1 Kings 18:5

And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. that: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts

Psalms 104:14

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

Psalms 147:8

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

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What does Isaiah 44:4 say?

Isaiah 44:4 (King James Version) reads: "And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses."

Is Isaiah 44:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 44:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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