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There he makes the hungry to live, That they may prepare a city to live in,
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God Works, So We Work
Commentators explain that this verse illustrates a key spiritual principle: God's blessing precedes and enables our work. God first makes the barren land fruitful and brings the hungry to it; only then do they 'prepare a city.' This shows that our efforts in the Christian life are a response to God's prior grace and initiative, not a means of earning His favor.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell — Those who were in want; those who would have perished. It is not necessary to refer this …
19th Century
Baptist
See, brothers and sisters, when God blesses us, then we begin to work for him. When he works, we work. He blesses the barren land with fruitfulness…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And there he makes the hungry to dwell In those fruitful places which they find agreeable to them, and so fix upon t…
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