Jam 5:7 | PNT | STEP | Be patient therefore, brethren . James now turns from the rich, wicked Jews, to his suffering brethren. Let them be patient. Unto the coming of the Lord . That would bring relief. The primary reference is to the relief from Jewish persecution which followed the Lord's coming in judgment on the Jewish nation. Behold, the husbandman . . . hath patience . The tiller of the soil has to sow and wait long in patience for fruit. Be you like him. Until he receive the early and latter rain . The early rain was the November showers which prepared the ground for the seed; the latter rain, the spring showers needed to bring the harvest to maturity. Compare .

James 5:7

Be patient therefore, brethren. James now turns from the rich, wicked Jews, to his suffering brethren. Let them be patient.

Unto the coming of the Lord. That would bring relief. The primary reference is to the relief from Jewish persecution which followed the Lord's coming in judgment on the Jewish nation.

Behold, the husbandman . . . hath patience. The tiller of the soil has to sow and wait long in patience for fruit. Be you like him.

Until he receive the early and latter rain. The early rain was the November showers which prepared the ground for the seed; the latter rain, the spring showers needed to bring the harvest to maturity. Compare De 11:14.