“By heavens he means the order of the clergy and by earth the people subject to them. For "Listen, O heavens, and I shall speak" was addressed not to insensible but to rational creation.”
Paterius, 7th c. — EXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, DEUTERONOMY 19
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1Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
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In context
— Deuteronomy 32:1 —
2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
3Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.