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Those who dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent of it shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
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Your Restoration Blesses Others
Multiple commentators, especially Charles Spurgeon, emphasize that a believer's return to God has a ripple effect. When God restores you, those "under your shadow"—your family, friends, and community—also benefit from your renewed, life-giving influence. Your personal revival becomes a source of blessing and restoration for those connected to you.
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Hosea
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They that dwell under his shadow - that is, the shadow of the restored Israel, who had just been described under the image of a mag…
19th Century
Anglican
It would be more in accordance with the Hebrew idiom to render, The dwellers under its shadow shall once more cause the corn to grow. The …
Baptist
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return;<…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet continues with the same subject, but joins the beginning of the first verse with the second clause of the former verse. He had said tha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They that dwell under his shadow shall return Either under the shadow of Lebanon, as Japhet and Jarchi; the shadow o…
Israel seeks God's face, and they shall not seek it in vain. His anger is turned from them. Whom God loves, He loves freely—not because they deserv…
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