“You heavens above, rain(A) down my righteousness;(B)
    let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
    let salvation(C) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
    I, the Lord, 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