5And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
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How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. …
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)In these verses we find, I. The sad state of Israel at this time, upon two accounts:— 1. Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord (1 Kgs. 18:4), slew them , 1 Kgs. 18:13. Being an idolater, she was a persecutor, and made Ahab one. Even in those bad times, when the calves were worshipped and the temple at Jerusalem deserted, yet there were some good people that feared God and served him, and some g…
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