Jeremiah 10:13

At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings for rain, and bringeth for the wind out of his treasures.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

14Every man is become a fool for knowledge every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:23dummy verses inserted by amos

1 Kings 18:41And Elias said to Achab: Go up, eat, and drink: for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

Job 36:27He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods :

Job 38:22Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or has thou beheld the treasures of the hail :

Job 38:26That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth :

Psalms 18:13At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail 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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