7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
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My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-15)Glorious things are here spoken of the remnant of Jacob , that remnant which was raised of her that halted (Mic. 4:7), and it seems to be that remnant which the Lord our God shall call (Joel 2:32), on whom the Spirit shall be poured out, the remnant that shall be saved, Rom. 9:27. Note, God’s people are but a remnant, a small number in comparison with the many that are left to perish, a little flo…
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