Isaiah 55:10

For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, according to the regular course of nature, and returneth not thither, namely, without carrying out the designs of God, but watereth the earth, the moisture being absorbed by the soil, and maketh it bring forth and bud, so that it grows and matures in due time, that it may give seed to the sower, for next year's seed-corn, and bread to the eater, the human family thus being provided with food from year to year,