OLD TESTAMENT

Micah 5:7

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The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man nor wait for the sons of men.

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Verse 7. Jacob; that is the apostles, and the first preachers of the Jewish nation, whose doctrine, like dew, shall make the plants of the converted Gentiles grow up, without waiting for any man to cultivate them by human learning. Challoner.—Under Hystaspes, the husband of Esther, the Jews enjoyed rest, and Providence protected them. Calmet.

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