Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 32:2

2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain , my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the▪ grass.

Look what effect rain and dew have upon herbs and grass which they make fresh and fragrant and growing, the same effect I may justly expect and hope that my discourse wil have upon your hearts, i. e. to make them soft and pliable and fruitful. Or this may be a prayer, Let my doctrine drop, &c. O that it might do so, that my discourse might not be lost upon you, but be profitable to you; the future tense of the indicative mood being put for the imperative mood, as is usual.

Marginal references: Isa. 55. 10, 11. 1 Cor. 3. 6, 7, 8.