 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...altered to the calm shower oj spring, from a text repeatedly imitated in the sequel. " My doctrine shalF drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew,...upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the gras.\.'' DEUT. xxxii, 2. 76 Retire,for it is night, my lore.] " With apostrophes, our poet abounds.... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1806 - 460 pages
...lulled to rest, the next word he utters ; he has only love in his heart, and honey upon his tongue. " My doctrine shall drop as the rain : my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass," Deut. xxxii. '2. The final object of Moses hting to warn, to admonish, and to reprove the perverse... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...hearts ufion it. GVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words at mv mouth. 2 809 : 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD : ascribe ve greatness unto our God. 4 He is the ftock,... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 518 pages
...for which he submitted to it Moses, speaking of the truths which he was inspired to proclaim, says, " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...grass; because I will publish the name of the Lord."' By a similar figure " the sprinkling of the nations" may be understood as relating to the publication... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 516 pages
...for which he submitted to it Moses, speaking of the truths which he was inspired to proclaim, says, " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...grass; because I will publish the name of the Lord."' By a similar figure " the sprinkling of the nations" may be understood as relating to the publication... | |
 | William Jones - 1810 - 458 pages
...likened to the same natural agent — My doctrine (says Moses in his last song) shall drop as trie rain ; my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. Hence the soul, when refreshed and supplied with the divine spirit, is compared by the prophet Jeremiah... | |
 | John Murray - 1812 - 426 pages
...present scene call to my memory the beautiful song of Moses : you will find it Deuteronomy, chapter 32. " Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear,...shall distil as the dew ; as the small rain upon the tetider herb, and as the showers upon the grass." I bless God that his doctrine takes not the character... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 672 pages
...therefore intended in the comparison; and this agrees with many other Scripture passages, Deut. xxxii, 2, "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." And when God denies his word to any people, he says, "Upon them there shall be no rain," Ezek. xxi,... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 672 pages
...therefore intended in the comparison; and this agrees with many other Scripture passages, Deut. xxxii, 2, "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showel's upon the grass." And when God denies his word to any people, he says, "Upon them there shall... | |
 | John Owen - 1813 - 620 pages
...allegory. The word or doctrine of the Scripture is compared to showers and rain, Deut. xxxii. 2. " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, as the showers upon the grass." Hence the same word mio signifies a teacher, and rain, so that translators... | |
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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. 
