12For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
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Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. …
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
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. 9-17)God, by the prophet, here gives further assurances of the mercy he had in store for Judah and Jerusalem. Here is line upon line for their comfort, as before there was for their conviction. These verses contain strong encouragements with reference to the difficulties they now laboured under. And we may observe, I. Who they were to whom these encouragements did belong—to those who, in obedience to t…
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