An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Here is the reason of sending rain upon the wilderness, it is to satisfy the desolate and wast ground. Mr. Broughton renders, The wast and vast ground. The Vulgar Latin renders,¹ The unpassable ground, or at least, that which none passes, and so being disused, lies wast and desolate. But in what sense soever 'tis desolate, or by what means soever it became desolate, the Lord sends rain to satisfy it, that is, to water it abundantly;² satisfaction, is to have our fill. The very wast ground shall have enough, enough to allay the heat and drought of it, enough to make it fruitful, and enough to fructify the trees and plants that grow there, and so to feed and fatten the beasts that live there. The Vulgar Latin renders,³ That he may fill the desolate and wast ground; that which is filled, is or should be satisfied. To be full of days, in Scripture, is to be satisfied with living. A man may have lived many days, yet not be full of days; but he who is full of days (as 'tis said of some of the Patriarchs) is not hungry after more time or days in this world; therefore ⟨p. 212⟩to be filled and satisfied, import the same thing. And to be sure they who are not satisfied when they are full, will not be satisfied when they are empty. But however it is with man, we know the earth spoken of in the Text is fully satisfied; it gapes for no more, when 'tis filled with rain. And this the Lord will send, To satisfy the desolate and wast ground.

Here is the reason of sending rain upon the wilderness, it is to satisfie the desolate and wast ground. Mr. Broughton renders, The wast and vast ground. The Vulgar Latine renders,¹ The unpassable ground, or at least, that which none passes, and so being disused, lies wast and desolate. But in what sense soever 'tis desolate, or by what means soever it became desolate, the Lord sends rain to satisfie it, that is, to water it abundantly;² satisfaction, is to have our fill. The very wast ground shall have enough, enough to allay the heat and drought of it, enough to make it fruitful, and enough to fructifie the trees and plants that grow there, and so to feed and fatten the beasts tht live there. The Vulgar Latine renders,