Be glad, &c. Figure of speech Apostrophe (App-6), to the people.
children. sons.
moderately. in due measure. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:4.Deuteronomy 11:14; Deuteronomy 28:12). App-92.
in the first month. [as at] the first, or [as] aforetime. Obviously, the two rains do not come in one and the same month.