Jeremiah 10:13

When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

In Context

12He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.

14Every man has become brutish, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image. For his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven, and LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth, and LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 18:41And Elijah said to Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of abundance of rain.

Job 36:27For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor,

Job 38:22Have thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or have thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Job 38:26to cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,

Psalms 18:13LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:2-17

Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the Lord , Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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