Psalms 18:12
From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.
BSB
ASV
At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
KJV
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
COMMENTARY ON PSALMS 18:14 (339)
He came down and then ascended with the cherubim after he thundered in the heaven.… Against the Egyptian sorcerers the Lord who flies on the cherubim sends forth hailstones and coals of fire. I think, also, that those vengeful acts against skillful wicked powers are called hailstones and coals of fire. Those acts, therefore, appointed for punishment and revenge and directed in the secret way of the will of God against the demons who had brought the superstition of multiple gods, were driving away all those demons.
Suddenly the terrible artillery of heaven was discharged; the brightness of lightning lit up the clouds as with a glory proceeding from him who was concealed within the cloudy pavilion; and volleys of hailstones and coals of fire were hurled forth upon the enemy. The lightnings seemed to cleave the clouds and kindle them into a blaze, and then hailstones and flakes of fire with flashes of terrific grandeur terrified the sons of men.
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Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
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And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
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Matthew 17:2There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
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He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
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Revelation 16:21And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
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Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake,…