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2 Kings 3:16-17. Make this valley full of ditches — Which may receive the water and retain it, for the use of men and beasts. They that expect God’s blessings, must prepare room for them. Ye shall not see wind — Any of those winds which commonly bring rain.
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- As the minstrel was playing, the hand of the Lord came...
- This is What The Lord Says
- And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of...
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16 He said, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Make this valley full of...
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טז ויאמר כה אמר יהוה עשה הנחל הזה גבים גבים
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And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of...
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(1.) They should speedily be supplied with water, v. 16, 17....
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“Make this valley full of ditches.” I would ask God to make this church full of workers, to turn out the drones and multiply the bees. We do not want drones here: we want only those who will bring their share of honey to the common hive— I mean their share of glory to the Lord Jesus Christ.
16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. 17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
2 Kings 3:16. ESV And he said, "Thus says the Lord, ‘I will make this dry streambed full of pools.’. NIV and he said, "This is what the Lord says: I will fill this valley with pools of water. NASB And he said, 'This is what the Lord says: ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’.
16 And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. 17 For thus saith the Lord , Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
- And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches; rather, full of pits (βοθύβους, LXX.). The object was to detain the water which would otherwise have all run off down the torrent-course in a very little time.
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Prepare for a blessing: prepare largely. "Make this valley full of ditches," not make one, trench, but as many as possible. For God, when He worketh, worketh like a God. Expect great things from a great God. "Make this valley full of ditches." Have a holy covetousness of the Divine blessing.
