Hosea 10:12
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
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Psalms 72:6He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
Psalms 126:5They that sow in tears shall reap with rejoicing:
Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Isaiah 5:6and I will make it a waste it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and depend on horses, and confide in chariots because [they are] many, and in horsemen because they are very strong; and who look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
Isaiah 44:3For 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.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 10:10-15
Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 730.) 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. 10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. 11 And Ephraim is as a heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob… Read the whole commentary →