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Jeremiah 14:22

Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

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ASV

Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.

KJV

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.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲיֵ֨שׁha.Yesh¿ [are] thereH3426 →
בְּהַבְלֵ֤יbe.hav.Leiamong [the] vanities ofH1892 →
הַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
מַגְשִׁמִ֔יםmag.shi.Mim[those who] send rainH1652 →
וְאִם־ve.'im-and or?H518 →
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
יִתְּנ֣וּyi.te.Nudo they giveH5414 →
רְבִבִ֑יםre.vi.Vimcopious showersH7241 →
הֲלֹ֨אha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
אַתָּה־'a.tah-youH859 →
ה֜וּאhu'[is] itH1931 →
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430 →
וּ֨נְקַוֶּה־U.ne.ka.veh-so we may wait eagerlyH6960 →
לָּ֔ךְLakhfor <the> you
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
אַתָּ֥ה'a.TahyouH859 →
עָשִׂ֖יתָ'a.Si.tayou have doneH6213 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
אֵֽלֶּה׃ פ'E.lehthese [things]H428 →

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Joel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.Jeremiah 5:24They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’Psalms 135:7He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.Isaiah 30:23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.Job 38:28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.Deuteronomy 11:14then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.Psalms 104:13He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.Jeremiah 10:15They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.Psalms 130:5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.Jeremiah 51:16When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.Job 38:26–28to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”Isaiah 41:29See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.Zechariah 10:1–2Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.

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