2. My message shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the light rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.
3. For I will proclaim the name [and presence] of the Lord. Concede and ascribe greatness to our God.
4. He is the Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are law and justice. A God of faithfulness without breach or deviation, just and right is He.
5. They [Israel] have spoiled themselves. They are not sons to Him, and that is their blemish–a perverse and crooked generation!