Verse 4
4. All being thus ready, Jehovah comes now into the scene. In his watchful providence he looks on calmly from the high heavens, and waits up to the right time.
Like a clear heat upon herbs “Clear heat” is serene, continuous heat, suited to ripen herbs, grasses, wheat.
Like a cloud of dew Moisture combining with heat to hasten the harvest. The Hebrew particle כ kaph, here twice used, is a particle of comparison, not of time, and the meaning obviously is, that God not only does not hinder the operations of the enemy against Egypt and Ethiopia, but he even favours his success to a certain point, as dew and sunshine promote a ripening harvest.
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