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Jeremiah 14:22 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 14 · verse 22
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.Jeremiah 14:22 · King James Version
Jeremiah 14:22 in context
20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
21Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
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Key words (Strong's)
- vanitieshebelemptiness or vanityH1892 →
- Gentilesgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- heavensshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- showersrâbîyba rainH7241 →
- raingâshamto shower violentlyH1652 →
- givenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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The present deplorable state of Judah and Jerusalem is here made the matter of the prophet's lamentation (Jer 14:17, Jer 14:18) and the occasion of his prayer and intercession for them (Jer 14:19), and I am willing to hope that the latter, as well as the former, was by divine direction, and that these words (Jer…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-22