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Isaiah 45:8

Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

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ASV

Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.

KJV

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַרְעִ֤יפוּhar.'I.fudrip downH7491 →
שָׁמַ֙יִם֙sha.Ma.yimO heavenH8064 →
מִמַּ֔עַלmi.Ma.'al<from> aboveH4605 →
וּשְׁחָקִ֖יםu.she.cha.Kimand cloudsH7834 →
יִזְּלוּ־yi.ze.lu-let them flowH5140 →
צֶ֑דֶקTze.dekrighteousnessH6664 →
תִּפְתַּח־tif.tach-let it open upH6605 →
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] earthH776 →
וְיִפְרוּ־ve.yif.ru-so they may bear fruitH6509 →
יֶ֗שַׁעYe.sha'salvationH3468 →
וּצְדָקָ֤הu.tze.da.Kahand righteousnessH6666 →
תַצְמִ֙יחַ֙tatz.Mi.achlet it cause to sproutH6779 →
יַ֔חַדYa.chadtogetherH3162 →
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בְּרָאתִֽיו׃ סbe.ra.TivI have created itH1254 →

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Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.Isaiah 61:11For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.Psalms 85:11Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.Psalms 72:6May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.1 Corinthians 3:6–9I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.Isaiah 48:18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.Titus 3:3–6For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.Joel 3:18And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.Psalms 85:9–12Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.Isaiah 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.Joel 2:28–29And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.Hosea 14:5–8I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.Isaiah 65:17–18For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.Isaiah 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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