The “latter rain” is that which falls in March or April just before the harvest. The “cloud” which brings it, immediately screening people from the…

A cloud of the latter rain.— This fell at the end of March, maturing the barley and wheat crops before the harvest in April. It wa…

In the light of the king's countenance [is] life
When he looks with a pleasant smiling countenance on a person that …

Those are fools who, to obtain the favour of an earthly prince, throw themselves out of God's favour.