1)
What is "v'Yichalu"?
1.
Ibn Ezra: This is hope, like "Yachel Yisrael."
2)
What is the comparison to rain?
1.
Malbim: Just like vegetation yearns for rain, which is its life, so they yearned for me.
3)
What do we learn from "u'Fihem Pa'aru l'Malkosh"?
1.
Rashi: They spoke long after [I finished speaking]. They were silent a long time, for they thirsted to hear my words.
2.
Malbim: Also if I returned to rebuke them, they opened their mouths with thirst, to receive the latter rain (my rebuke).
