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Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy – Literally, “in the proportion of mercy,” not in proportion to what you have sown, nor wh…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

In their despair, come some characteristic gleams of hope on the desolation; the eternal law which makes reaping a consequence of sowing will still…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Here he exhorts the Israelites to repentance, though it seems not to be a simple and mere exhortation, but rather a protestation, as though the Lor…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Saw to yourselves in righteousne
Not the seed of grace, which bad men has not, and cannot sow it; and which good men…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Because God does not desire the death and ruin of sinners, He therefore, in mercy, desires their chastisement. The children of iniquity still remai…

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