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Jeremiah 14:22 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Jeremiah 14:22 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 14 verse 22 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 14:22
The prayer concludes with rhetorical questions exposing idols' impotence: '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?' The 'vanities' (hebel—emptiness, breath) refers to idols. Can they provide rain? No. Can heavens themselves give showers apart from God's command? No. Only 'thou, O LORD our God' controls weather. Therefore: 'therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.' The conclusion is sound: since only God controls nature, only He can relieve drought. The commitment to 'wa...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 14:22
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“Let us now fear Yahweh our God”
“He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.”
“with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day”
“They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.”
“to give the rain of your land in its season”
“a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.”
“there is a tumult of waters in the heavens”
“in which there is no man;”
“Yahweh who makes storm clouds”