Holy Spirit

Isaiah 44:1-8

Isaiah · ~700 BC · Status: Partially Fulfilled · Confidence: 60%
“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 servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.”
King James Version · the opening — all 8 verses are below
More of Isaiah 44 on this siteIsaiah 44:3 · Isaiah 44:9-20 · Isaiah 44:21-28 · Isaiah 44:28

God's promise to pour his Spirit on Israel's descendants, fulfilled at Pentecost and ongoing in Spirit-filled believers.

Read the whole passage — all 8 verses (KJV)

44:1Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

44:2Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

44:3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

44:4And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

44:5One shall say, I am the LORD’S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

44:6Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

44:7And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

44:8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

Fulfillment References

Acts 2:17 John 7:38-39 Revelation 1:17

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalGod promises to 'pour water upon him that is thirsty... pour my spirit upon thy seed' — fulfilled at Pentecost and in the new birth (Acts 2:17; John 7:38-39). The same passage declares 'I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God' (v. 6) — the absolute monotheism the whole site rests on. The God who pours out His Spirit and the Lord Jesus, 'the first and the last' (Rev. 1:17), are one God.
JewishGod's reassurance to Jacob-Israel, His chosen servant, promising the outpouring of His Spirit and blessing on their offspring, with a ringing declaration of His sole deity ('beside me there is no God').
CatholicThe outpouring of the Spirit on God's people, fulfilled at Pentecost; the strict monotheism affirmed and, in Christian reading, unfolded in the triune naming.
ProtestantThe promised Spirit poured on the seed (Pentecost; John 7:39), framed by Isaiah's emphatic monotheism — the one God who alone foretells and saves.
AcademicA salvation oracle in Deutero-Isaiah combining the Spirit's outpouring with the polemical monotheism ('the first and the last') characteristic of Isaiah 40-48.
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