Hebrews 6:7

7. The contrast between the persevering soul and the apostate is now pictured by two opposite soils.

Which drinketh Past tense, drank, as bringeth forth is present. The present fertility springs up from the past watering. Drinketh recognises the live character of the soil as figuring a living soul, a soul that drinketh in the water of life.

Cometh oft For often does the refreshing shower come upon the soul that readily drinketh it in.

Herbs Grass, corn, or any grain for man or beast.

By whom Rather, for or on account of whom; namely, the proprietors of the soil.

But whom, then, do the labourers represent? Doubtless the teachers and rulers of the Church; as the proprietors are, as we may say, the owners of the soil, the soul.

Blessing The antithesis to cursing in Hebrews 6:8; and in both sides of the double picture the words are delicately so selected as to apply both to the symbolizing soil and to the symbolized soul. Blessing on the fertile soil suggests the divine smile, shedding additional fertility, until it blooms into a paradise. And the beautiful colourings of the picture are easily transferred to the fertile soul.