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For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn`t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
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God's Word is Effective
Commentators unanimously highlight the central analogy: just as rain and snow descend from heaven and unfailingly water the earth to make it fruitful, God's word comes from Him with a specific, guaranteed purpose. It is not an empty or powerless declaration. Scholars like Calvin note this natural example is given to combat our doubts, assuring us that God's spiritual promises are even more certain than the predictable cycles of nature.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For as the rain comes down - The meaning of this verse and the following is plain. This refers evidently, as the whole passage does, to the …
19th Century
Anglican
For as the rain comes down ... —The verse includes nearly every element of the parables of agriculture. …
Baptist
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh …
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16th Century
Protestant
Surely, as the rain cometh down. After speaking of God’s tender affection and inconceivable forbearance toward us, he again brings forward…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not return there. Rain and snow come down from the clouds …
Here is a gracious offer of pardon, peace, and all happiness. It will not be in vain to seek God, now that His word is calling to us and His Spirit…
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13th Century
Catholic
Regarding the phrase This is the inheritance, the prophet here adds the third remedy, promising an abundance of goods to …
