What Does Jeremiah 14:22 Mean?

“Are there”

there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)

“any among the vanities”

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

“of the Gentiles”

a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

“that can cause rain”

to shower violently

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“or can the heavens”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

“give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“showers”

a rain (as an accumulation of drops)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“art not thou he O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“our God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“therefore we will wait”

to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“upon thee for thou hast made”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

these or those