Sow to yourselves in righteousness— "Employ yourselves in works of justice and charity; and then, through the mercy of JEHOVAH, you may still hope to reap the fruits of your repentance and reformation." Instead of Reap in mercy, Houbigant reads, Reap in benevolence; leaving handfuls for the poor and the widow, as your law commands." And instead of, For it is time to seek the Lord, he reads, And seek you the Lord again and again: seek him with earnest and anxious desire. Some suppose that this alludes to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the true teacher of righteousness, and the alone source of our justification and of our graces. See Isaiah 45:8.
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Hosea 10:12
12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.