Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Continuation of the image in Hosea 10:11 (Proverbs 11:18). Act righteously and ye shall reap the reward; a reward not of debt, but of grace.
in mercy--according to the measure of the divine "mercy," which over and above repays the goodness or "mercy" which we show to our fellow man (Luke 6:38).
break . . . fallow ground--Remove your superstitions and vices, and be renewed.
seek . . . Lord, fill he come--Though not answered immediately, persevere unceasingly "till He come."
rain--send down as a copious shower.
righteousness--the reward of righteousness, that is, salvation, temporal and spiritual (1 Samuel 26:23; compare Joel 2:23 ).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Proverbs 11:18
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Jeremiah 4:3
Hosea 6:11
Hosea 10:1
Hosea 10:13
2 Corinthians 9:10
Galatians 6:8
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