Israel, I will teach you. My words will be like gentle rain on tender young plants, or like dew on the grass.
Let him be as helpful as rain that refreshes the meadows and the ground.
A few of Jacob's descendants survived and are scattered among the nations. But the LORD will let them cover the earth like dew and rain that refreshes the soil.
People of Israel and Judah, what can I do with you? Your love for me disappears more quickly than mist or dew at sunrise.
is like the sunrise on a cloudless day, or like rain that sparkles on the grass.”
A field is useful to farmers, if there is enough rain to make good crops grow. In fact, God will bless that field.
I, the LORD, am the one who sends storm clouds and showers of rain to make fields produce. So when the crops need rain, you should pray to me.
I will be like the dew— then you will blossom like lilies and have roots like a tree.
You water all its fields and level the lumpy ground. You send showers of rain to soften the soil and help the plants sprout.
My advice is useful, so don't turn away.
And here you are, telling me not to preach!
whose strong army will defeat the nation of Assyria. Yes, our leaders will rescue us, if those Assyrians dare to invade our land.