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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 45:8 - 45:8
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Drop - namely, the fertilizing rain (Psa 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 (Act 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” (Isa 45:13). Maurer translates, “Let all kinds of salvation (prosperity) be fruitful” (Psa 72:3, Psa 72:6, Psa 72:7). 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.