whether for correction] Rain, cold, heat, tempests and such like, are sent of God, either to punish man, or to profit the earth, by making it fruitfull; or to declare his favour toward man otherwise, as by cooling and purifying the air, chap. 36. 31. correction] Heb. a rod, Micah 6:9. for his land] The land whose inhabitants he favours, Hosea 9:3. or, where no men dwell, but God onely takes care of it, as in the wildernesse, chap. 38. 26, 27.