Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
Thou sayest ... drop not thy word against the house of Isaac - "drop," distill as the refreshing drops of rain (Deuteronomy 32:2, "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass;" Ezekiel 21:2; cf. Micah 2:6; Micah 2:11, "Prophesy (Hebrew, drop) ye not, say they to them that prophesy"). The ungodly regard the testimony of God's ministers as a wearisome dropping.