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and the earth shall answer the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall answer Jezreel.
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God's Chain of Blessing
Commentators highlight the beautiful poetic image of a "chain of blessing." God answers the heavens with rain, the heavens answer the thirsty earth, the earth answers the grain and wine, and they in turn answer the needs of God's people. This shows that all of creation works in harmony for the good of those reconciled to God, and that He is the ultimate source of every good thing.
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Hosea
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
Will hear. —More correctly, I will answer (the prayer of) the heavens. A sublime personification! Heaven pleads …
Baptist
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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