Jeremiah 14:22
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22 (A)Are there any among (B)the idols of the nations that can cause (C)rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
(D)Are You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.
Jeremiah 5:24
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24 They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
(A)Who gives rain, both the (B)former and the latter, in its season.
(C)He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”
Isaiah 30:23
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23 (A)Then He will give the rain for your seed
With which you sow the ground,
And bread of the increase of the earth;
It will be [a]fat and plentiful.
In that day your cattle will feed
In large pastures.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:23 rich
Psalm 135:7
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7 (A)He causes the [a]vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
(B)He makes lightning for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His (C)treasuries.
Footnotes
- Psalm 135:7 Water vapor
Deuteronomy 32:21
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21 (A)They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;
They have moved Me to anger (B)by their [a]foolish idols.
But (C)I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:21 foolishness, lit. vanities
Zechariah 10:1-2
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Restoration of Judah and Israel
10 Ask (A)the Lord for (B)rain
In (C)the time of the [a]latter rain.
The Lord will make [b]flashing clouds;
He will give them showers of rain,
Grass in the field for everyone.
2 For the (D)idols[c] speak delusion;
The diviners envision (E)lies,
And tell false dreams;
They (F)comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wend their way like (G)sheep;
They are [d]in trouble (H)because there is no shepherd.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 10:1 Spring rain
- Zechariah 10:1 Or lightning flashes
- Zechariah 10:2 Heb. teraphim
- Zechariah 10:2 afflicted
Joel 2:23
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23 Be glad then, you children of Zion,
And (A)rejoice in the Lord your God;
For He has given you the [a]former rain faithfully,
And He (B)will cause the rain to come down for you—
The former rain,
And the latter rain in the first month.
Footnotes
- Joel 2:23 Or teacher of righteousness
Lamentations 3:25-26
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25 The Lord is good to those who (A)wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should (B)hope (C)and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
Jeremiah 16:19
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19 O Lord, (A)my strength and my fortress,
(B)My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and (C)unprofitable things.”
Jeremiah 10:15
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15 They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Isaiah 41:29
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29 (A)Indeed they are all [a]worthless;
Their works are nothing;
Their molded images are wind and confusion.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:29 So with MT, Vg.; DSS, Syr., Tg. nothing; LXX omits first line
Psalm 130:5
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Psalm 25:21
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21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.
Job 38:26-28
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26 To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one,
A wilderness in which there is no man;
27 (A)To satisfy the desolate waste,
And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
28 (B)Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
1 Kings 17:14
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14 For thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.’ ”
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Deuteronomy 28:12
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12 The Lord will open to you His good [a]treasure, the heavens, (A)to give the rain to your land in its season, and (B)to bless all the work of your hand. (C)You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
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- Deuteronomy 28:12 storehouse
Acts 14:15-17
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15 and saying, “Men, (A)why are you doing these things? (B)We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from (C)these useless things (D)to the living God, (E)who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, 16 (F)who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways. 17 (G)Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, (H)gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with (I)food and gladness.”
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Matthew 5:45
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45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for (A)He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
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Habakkuk 3:17-19
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A Hymn of Faith
17 Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
18 Yet I will (A)rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 [a]The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like (B)deer’s feet,
And He will make me (C)walk on my high hills.
To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.
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- Habakkuk 3:19 Heb. YHWH Adonai
Micah 7:7
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7 Therefore I will look to the Lord;
I will (A)wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.
Amos 4:7
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7 “I also withheld rain from you,
When there were still three months to the harvest.
I made it rain on one city,
I withheld rain from another city.
One part was rained upon,
And where it did not rain the part withered.
Jeremiah 51:16
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16 When He utters His voice—
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
(A)“He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightnings for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
Jeremiah 10:13
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13 (A)When He utters His voice,
There is a [a]multitude of waters in the heavens:
(B)“And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:13 Or noise
Isaiah 44:12-20
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12 (A)The blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals,
Fashions it with hammers,
And works it with the strength of his arms.
Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails;
He drinks no water and is faint.
13 The craftsman stretches out his rule,
He marks one out with chalk;
He fashions it with a plane,
He marks it out with the compass,
And makes it like the figure of a man,
According to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house.
14 He cuts down cedars for himself,
And takes the cypress and the oak;
He [a]secures it for himself among the trees of the forest.
He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it.
15 Then it shall be for a man to burn,
For he will take some of it and warm himself;
Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread;
Indeed he makes a god and worships it;
He makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
16 He burns half of it in the fire;
With this half he eats meat;
He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
He even warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm,
I have seen the fire.”
17 And the rest of it he makes into a god,
His carved image.
He falls down before it and worships it,
Prays to it and says,
“Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18 (B)They do not know nor understand;
For (C)He has [b]shut their eyes, so that they cannot see,
And their hearts, so that they cannot (D)understand.
19 And no one (E)considers in his heart,
Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned half of it in the fire,
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;
I have roasted meat and eaten it;
And shall I make the rest of it an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
20 He feeds on ashes;
(F)A deceived heart has turned him aside;
And he cannot deliver his soul,
Nor say, “Is there not a (G)lie in my right hand?”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:14 Lit. appropriates
- Isaiah 44:18 Lit. smeared over
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