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Rain, you heavens, from above,
    and let the skies pour down righteousness.
Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation,
    and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it.
I, Yahweh, have created it.

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“Shout,[a] you skies above, and you clouds,
    and let righteousness stream down.[b]
I am[c] the one who says to the earth, ‘Let salvation blossom,
    and let righteousness sprout forth.’[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads Shower
  2. Isaiah 45:8 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read Shower, you skies above, and let the clouds stream down righteousness
  3. Isaiah 45:8 1QIsaa MT LXX lack I am
  4. Isaiah 45:8 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 1QIsac MT read Let the earth open up, let them bear the fruit of salvation, and let righteousness sprout forth also. I the Lord have created it