I will hear the heavens ... - As all nature is closed, and would refuse her office to those who rebel against her God, so, when He …

Will hear. —More correctly, I will answer (the prayer of) the heavens. A sublime personification! Heaven pleads …

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; And the earth shall…

The Lord promises again that he will not fail the people when they are reconciled to him. We must, indeed, in the first place, seek that God may be…

And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil, &c.] Or "answer" here the corn, and vines, and olive trees,…

After these judgments the Lord would deal with Israel more gently. By the promise of rest in Christ we are invited to take His yoke upon us; and th…