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Heb 6:7. Γῆ, the earth) This is figurative.-πιοῦσα, drinking) not merely on the surface.-ἐπʼ αὐτῆς, upon it) This is more significant than if it had been ἐπʼ αὐτὴν, over it; for it denotes the unceasing (continuous) bounty of heaven.-πολλάκις, often) Hence the ἅπαξ, once, is softened, Heb 6:4.-ἐρχόμενον, coming) spontaneously.-τίκτουσα, which bringeth forth) by the regular mode of generating. The antithesis is ἐκφέρουσα, that which beareth, without law and order, in the following verse. The LXX. transl. also use ἐκφέρω in a good sense; but here the force of the particle δὲ, but, falls upon ἐκφέρουσα, that which beareth.-εὔθετον, meet) The antithesis is ἀδόκιμος, rejected.-διʼ οὕς) for the sake of whom.-καὶ, also) This particle gives an intensive power to the present tense of the verb γεωργεῖται, is constantly dressed: cultivation, blessing; cursing, burning, are opposed by Chiasmus (i.e. the first to the fourth, the second to the third).-μεταλαμβάνει, is partaker of) The antithesis is, nigh. The Divine blessing on good land is lasting: the Divine curse follows bad land. Concerning both, comp. Jer 17:5; Jer 17:7.-ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ, from God) It is not merely cultivated by men.