31And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
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So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
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:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-35)The threatened plague of hail is here summoned by the powerful hand and rod of Moses ( Exod. 9:22 , 23 ), and it obeys the summons, or rather the divine command; for fire and hail fulfil God’s word , Ps. 148:8. And here we are told, I. What desolations it made upon the earth. The thunder, and fire from heaven (or lightning), made it both the more dreadful and the more destroying, Exod. 9:23 , 24 .…
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