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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 14:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 14:22 |
Strong Concordance |
Are there [03426] any among the vanities [01892] of the Gentiles [01471] that can cause rain [01652]? or can the heavens [08064] give [05414] showers [07241]? art not thou he, O LORD [03068] our God [0430]? therefore we will wait [06960] upon thee: for thou hast made [06213] all these things. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
vanities--idols (Deu 32:21).
rain-- (Zac 10:1-2).
heavens--namely, of themselves without God (Mat 5:45; Act 14:17); they are not the First Cause, and ought not to be deified, as they were by the heathen. The disjunctive "or" favors CALVIN'S explanation: "Not even the heavens themselves can give rain, much less can the idol vanities."
art not thou he--namely, who canst give rain? |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Rain - The present judgment under which they groan, was a drought, which he had described in the six first verses; the prophet imploring God for the removal of it, argues, from the impossibility of help in this case from any other way, none of the idols of the Heathens, which he calls vain things, nothing in themselves, and of no use, or profit to those that ran after them. Give showers - Without thy will? Art not - Lord, art not thou he alone who is able to do it? The scripture constantly gives God the honour of giving rain. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles - Probably the dearth was now coming, as there had been a long want of rain. It was the prerogative of the true God to give rain and send showers at the prayers of his people.
Therefore we will wait upon thee - If thou do not undertake for us, we must be utterly ruined. |
17 Nevertheless [2544] [2532] he left [863] not [3756] himself [1438] without witness [267], in that he did good [15], and gave [1325] us [2254] rain [5205] from heaven [3771], and [2532] fruitful [2593] seasons [2540], filling [1705] our [2257] hearts [2588] with food [5160] and [2532] gladness [2167].
45 That [3704] ye may be [1096] the children [5207] of your [5216] Father [3962] which [3588] is in [1722] heaven [3772]: for [3754] he maketh [393] his [846] sun [2246] to rise [393] on [1909] the evil [4190] and [2532] on the good [18], and [2532] sendeth rain [1026] on [1909] the just [1342] and [2532] on the unjust [94].
1 Ask [07592] ye of the LORD [03068] rain [04306] in the time [06256] of the latter rain [04456]; so the LORD [03068] shall make [06213] bright clouds [02385], and give [05414] them showers [01653] of rain [04306], to every one [0376] grass [06212] in the field [07704].
2 For the idols [08655] have spoken [01696] vanity [0205], and the diviners [07080] have seen [02372] a lie [08267], and have told [01696] false [07723] dreams [02472]; they comfort [05162] in vain [01892]: therefore they went [05265] their way as a flock [06629], they were troubled [06031], because there was no shepherd [07462].
21 They have moved me to jealousy [07065] with that which is not [03808] God [0410]; they have provoked me to anger [03707] with their vanities [01892]: and I will move them to jealousy [07065] with those which are not a people [05971]; I will provoke them to anger [03707] with a foolish [05036] nation [01471].