Who would change them for all the scientific
phrases in the world? The eyes of the Lord were upon the land. It
needed his care; and therefore his care it had.
Therefore the Jew was to understand from his first entry into the
land, that his prosperity depended utterly on God. The laws of
weather, by which the rain comes up off the sea, were unknown to
him. They are all but unknown to us now. But they were known to
God. Not a drop could fall without his providence and will; and
therefore they were utterly in his power.
'And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my
commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your
God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
that I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the
first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn,
and thy wine, and thine oil. And I will send grass in thy fields
for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. Take heed to
yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside and
serve other gods, and worship them; and then the Lord's wrath be
kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no
rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish
quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.
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