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16He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-20)Jerusalem, and Zion, the holy city, the holy hill, are here called upon to praise God , Ps. 147:12. For where should praise be offered up to God but where his altar is? Where may we expect that glory should be given to him but in the beauty of holiness? Let the inhabitants of Jerusalem praise the Lord in their own houses; let the priests and Levites, who attend in Zion, the city of their solemniti…
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