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Jeremiah 5:24

They 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.’

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ASV

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

KJV

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
אָמְר֣וּ'a.me.Ruthey saidH559 →
בִלְבָבָ֗םvil.va.Vamin heart theirH3824 →
נִ֤ירָאNi.ra'let us fearH3372 →
נָא֙na'pleaseH4994 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430 →
הַנֹּתֵ֗ןha.no.Tenwho givesH5414 →
גֶּ֛שֶׁםGe.shemrainH1653 →
יוֹרֶ֥הve.yo.rehautumn rainH3138 →
וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁu.mal.Ko.oshand spring rainH4456 →
בְּעִתּ֑וֹbe.'i.Toat appropriate time itsH6256 →
שְׁבֻע֛וֹתshe.vu.'ot[the] weeks ofH7620 →
חֻקּ֥וֹתchu.Kot[the] appointments ofH2708 →
קָצִ֖ירka.TzirharvestH7105 →
יִשְׁמָר־yish.mor-he keepsH8104 →
לָֽנוּ׃La.nufor <the> us

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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.Psalms 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.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.Genesis 8:22As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”Psalms 65:9You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.Jeremiah 14:22Can 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.Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”Job 38:28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?Amos 4:7“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.Jeremiah 50:5They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.Zechariah 10:1Ask 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.Job 36:27–28For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.Deuteronomy 11:13–14So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,James 5:17–18Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.Hosea 6:1Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.James 5:7Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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