While the earth remaineth: Heb. as yet all the days of the earth, Isaiah 54:8
seedtime: Most of the European nations divide the year into four distinct parts, called quarters or seasons; but there are six divisions in the text, which obtained in Palestine among the Hebrews, and exist among the Arabs to the present day. According to this gracious promise, the heavenly bodies have preserved their courses, the seasons their successions, and the earth its increase for the use of man. Genesis 45:6; Exodus 34:21; Psalms 74:16-17; Song of Solomon 2:11-12; Isaiah 54:9; Jeremiah 5:24; James 5:7