Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Hebrews 6:7

"For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God:" — Hebrews 6:7 (ASV)

This process is now illustrated from agriculture. Land drinks in rain and as a result brings forth a crop. The rain comes first. The land does not produce the crop of itself. The spiritual parallel should not be overlooked. The word translated “a crop” (GK 1083) is a general term for herbage; it does not mean any specific crop. “Useful to those for whom it is farmed” means that the beneficiaries are people in general and not only those who actually work on the farm. This land, then, receives God’s blessing.