"He desires, however, that his teaching drip down and flow like the rain and dew (v. 2), just as drops and a shower over herbs and grass, that is, that it be strong and fruitful. He does not want to sing in vain and tell the story to a deaf person when he sings of great and necessary things, that is, concerning the true God who is to be worshiped, and of the danger to those who forsake God and turn to idols. Drops, rain, and dew he contrasts with clouds without water, which are human teachings that do no good. Therefore he wants his word to be a rain, not an empty cloud. And herb and grass he contrasts with stones, sand, and similar barren things, on which the rain fails in vain, even though rain is healthful; that is, he wants hearers in whom the Word brings fruit. For both are required: that the doctrine be healthful and that the hearer be teachable."
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