 | John Owen - Bible - 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... | |
 | John Murray - Sermons, American - 1813 - 438 pages
...of God our Saviour, which the divine preacher in our text declares shall drop as the rain. Thirdly, My speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. Fourthly, Why is this? Because I will publish the name of the 1 .(iuu. Fifthly, An exhortation. Ascribe... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1848 - 494 pages
...beautiful words in Deut. xxxii. 1, 2, 3 — " Give ear, 0 ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, 0 earth, the words of my mouth ! My doctrine shall drop...dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as showers upon the grass ; because I will publish the name of the Lord ; ascribe ye greatness to our... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1864 - 598 pages
...descended from the clouds. This symbolism of rain is exquisitely depicted in Deut. xxxii. 2 : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." This is more than poetry; or rather, it is the highest kind of poetry, because it is descriptive of... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...Song of Moses. Gi VE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the w6rds of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 pages
...there. That the truths of doctrine are signified by rain, is plainly seen in Deut. xxxii. 2 : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain ; my speech shall...the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb." The spiritual man, or the inhabitant of Canaan, acknowledges the Lord as the fountain of truth, but... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 706 pages
...CHAP. XXXII. (jIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock,... | |
 | Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...Lebanon.' Heavenly doctrine, or the word of God, is likewise compared to dew : ' My doctrine (says Moses) shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as...small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers on the grass :' that is, my doctrine shall have the same effect upon your hearts, as dew has upon the... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pages
...CHAP. XXXII. IVE ear, О ye heavens, and I will speak ; and near, О earth, the words of my mouth. 2 terrify me : 35 T/u- n would I speak, and not fear him ; but it is not so with me. CHAP. X. Y 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He it the Rock,... | |
 | 1831 - 854 pages
...poetry ? 1 . " Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak : And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2. " My doctrine shall drop, as the rain : My speech shall...the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass." 3dly, The titles "V!£> "IIDTD, &c. are frequently prefixed to portions of Scripture, which are distinguished... | |
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Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear O earth, the words of my mouth. 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. 
