He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? God giveth forth the widely extending and intensely chilling snow, hoar-frost, and ice, with as much ease as a man would scatter a few locks of "wool," or a handful of "ashes" (cf. Exodus 9:8; Exodus 9:10), or throw some "morsels" of bread to animals. The things to which the snow, hoar-frost, and ice are thus compared bear some resemblance to these. The snow, frost, and cold are also symbolical of the chill winter of Israel's adversity. She, by bitter experience, could testify, "who can stand before His cold?"