“ And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. ”
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...
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.
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...
as willows, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Numbers 24:6 ). App-92. water courses. See note on "streams", Isaiah 30:25 .
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 renewe...
DISCOURSE: 935 THE OUT-POURING OF THE SPIRIT PROMISED Isaiah 44:1-5 . Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from t...
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. They shall spring up as among the grass "They shall spring up as the grass among the waters" - בבין חציר bebeyn chatsir...
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 apprehe...
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. They - thy "seed" and "offspring;" literally, thy offshoots ( Isaiah 44:3 ). Shall spring up (as) among the gr...
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....
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 othe...
Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 CHAPTER IX FOUR POINTS OF A TRUE RELIGION Isaiah 43:1-28 - Isaiah 48:1-22 WE have now surveyed the...
“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, sympat...
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...
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;...
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 com...
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...
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 sincere...
Prosperity Foretold; The Supremacy of God. B. C. 708. 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant...
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.
The Coming Pouring Out of the Holy Spirit ( Isaiah 44:1-5 ). 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 Israe...
THE SPIRIT PROMISED TO THE SEED OF JACOB Isaiah 44:1-5 . Yet now hear, O Jacob my Servant, &c. The three Divine Persons in the Godhead are represented in Scripture as concurring in the salva...
Isaiah 44:1-5 . 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 serv...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION Isaiah 44:1-23 A PROPHECY OF ISRAEL 'S SPIRITUAL RECOVERY AND REGENERATION . This section is closely connected with Isaiah 43:1-23 ; of which it ought to form the co...
The Reassurance of God's Covenant Faithfulness
Acts 2:41-47 ; Acts 4:4 ; Acts 5:14 ; Ezekiel 17:5 ; Isaiah 58:11 ; Isaiah 61:11 ; Psalms 1:3 ; Psalms 137:1 ; Psalms 137:2 ; Psalms 92:13-15