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Jeremiah 5:24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Jeremiah 5:24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
24 And do not say in their hearts,
“Let us fear the Lord, our God,
Who gives us rain
early and late,[a] in its time;
Who watches for us
over the appointed weeks of harvest.”(A)
Footnotes
- 5:24 Rain early and late: autumn and spring rains respectively. Appointed weeks of harvest: the seven weeks between the Passover (Dt 16:9–10) and the feast of Weeks (Pentecost), when it did not ordinarily rain.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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