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He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
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God's Effortless Sovereignty
Commentators explain that God's power is so absolute that He scatters ice and hail as easily as a person scatters crumbs of bread, which is the meaning of "like morsels." The question "Who can stand before his cold?" is rhetorical, designed to inspire awe at the irresistible force of God's command over the natural world.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He casteth forth his ice like morsels – The word rendered morsels means properly a bit, a crumb, as of bread ([Reference Genesis 18…
19th Century
Anglican
Morsels. —Or, crumbs. (Genesis 18:5; Judges 19:5). Doubtless the allusion is to hail.
Baptist
He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes. He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
I want you to notice how,…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He casteth forth his ice like morsels Divided like morsels, as the Targum; cut into pieces, like morsels of bread. T…
The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for all the benefits…
