Deu 32:2, 2Sa 23:4, Pro 16:15, 19:12, Isa 5:6, 14:3-5, Eze 34:23-26 | ESV | STEP | May my teaching drop as the rain , my speech distill as the dew , like gentle rain upon the tender grass , and like showers upon the herb .

4 he ^cdawns on them like the morning light,
like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,
like rain ^{▼▼Hebrew from rain} that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

Proverbs 16:15

15 ^eIn the light of a king’s face there is life,
and his ^ffavor is like ^gthe clouds that bring the spring rain.

Proverbs 19:12

12 A king’s wrath is like ^hthe growling of a lion,
but his ⁱfavor is like ^jdew on the grass.

Isaiah 5:6

6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and ^kbriers and thorns shall grow up;
^lI will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.

Isaiah 14:3-5

Israel’s Remnant Taunts Babylon

3 When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve, 4 you will take up this ^mtaunt against the king of Babylon:

“How the oppressor has ceased,
ⁿthe insolent fury ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain} ceased!
5 The Lord has broken the ^pstaff of the wicked,
the ^qscepter of rulers,

Ezekiel 34:23-26

23 And ^rI will set up over them one shepherd, ^smy servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And ^tI, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. ^uI am the Lord; I have spoken.

The Lord’s Covenant of Peace

25 ^v“I will make with them a covenant of peace and ^wbanish wild beasts from the land, ^xso that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 And I will make them and the places all around my hill ^ya blessing, and ^zI will send down the showers in their season; they shall be ^aashowers of blessing.