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“He directs the snow to fall on the earth
    and tells the rain to pour down.

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He says to the snow,(A) ‘Fall on the earth,’
    and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’(B)

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22 “Have you visited the storehouses of the snow
    or seen the storehouses of hail?

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22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow(A)
    or seen the storehouses(B) of the hail,(C)

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27 He draws up the water vapor
    and then distills it into rain.

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27 “He draws up the drops of water,(A)
    which distill as rain to the streams[a];(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:27 Or distill from the mist as rain

13 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury.

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13 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones(A) and torrents of rain(B) will fall with destructive fury.(C)

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16 He sends the snow like white wool;
    he scatters frost upon the ground like ashes.
17 He hurls the hail like stones.[a]
    Who can stand against his freezing cold?
18 Then, at his command, it all melts.
    He sends his winds, and the ice thaws.

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  1. 147:17 Hebrew like bread crumbs.

16 He spreads the snow(A) like wool
    and scatters the frost(B) like ashes.
17 He hurls down his hail(C) like pebbles.
    Who can withstand his icy blast?
18 He sends his word(D) and melts them;
    he stirs up his breezes,(E) and the waters flow.

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The Lord’s home reaches up to the heavens,
    while its foundation is on the earth.
He draws up water from the oceans
    and pours it down as rain on the land.
    The Lord is his name!

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he builds his lofty palace[a](A) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(B)

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  1. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

11 Tell these whitewashers that their wall will soon fall down. A heavy rainstorm will undermine it; great hailstones and mighty winds will knock it down.

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11 therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones(A) hurtling down,(B) and violent winds will burst forth.(C)

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A poor person who oppresses the poor
    is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

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A ruler[a] who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

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  1. Proverbs 28:3 Or A poor person

fire and hail, snow and clouds,[a]
    wind and weather that obey him,

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  1. 148:8 Or mist, or smoke.

lightning and hail,(A) snow and clouds,
    stormy winds that do his bidding,(B)

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13 Then they added, “This isn’t something that can be done in a day or two, for many of us are involved in this extremely sinful affair. And this is the rainy season, so we cannot stay out here much longer.

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13 But there are many people here and it is the rainy season; so we cannot stand outside. Besides, this matter cannot be taken care of in a day or two, because we have sinned greatly in this thing.

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Within three days, all the people of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. This took place on December 19,[a] and all the people were sitting in the square before the Temple of God. They were trembling both because of the seriousness of the matter and because it was raining.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:9 Hebrew on the twentieth day of the ninth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was December 19, 458 B.c.; also see note on 6:15.

Within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin(A) had gathered in Jerusalem. And on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the square before the house of God, greatly distressed by the occasion and because of the rain.

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10 After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.

11 When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky. 12 The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.

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10 And after the seven days(A) the floodwaters came on the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life,(B) on the seventeenth day of the second month(C)—on that day all the springs of the great deep(D) burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens(E) were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.(F)

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25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. 26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. 27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”

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25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

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