The Bible

 

Ezekiel 38:12

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12 To take spoils, and lay hold on the prey, to lay thy hand upon them that had been wasted, and afterwards restored, and upon the people that is gathered together out of the nations, which hath begun to possess and to dwell in the midst of the earth.

Commentary

 

Rain and snow

  

In Isaiah 55:10, this signifies (rain) spiritual truth, which is assigned to man as his; and (snow) signifies natural truth which is like snow when only in the memory, but becomes spiritual by love, as snow becomes rainwater by warmth. (Apocalypse Explained 644)