Jeremiah 10:13

and set abundance of waters in the sky, and brought up clouds from the ends of the earth; he made lightnings for the rain, and brought forth light out of his treasures.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

12It is the Lord that made the earth by his strength, who set up the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the sky,

14Every man is deprived of knowledge, every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images; for he has cast false gods, there is no breath in them.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his hand to heaven, and the Lord sent thunderings and hail; and the fire ran along upon the ground, and the Lord rained hail on all the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 18:41And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, and eat and drink, for there is a sound of the coming of rain.

Job 36:27And the drops of rain are numbered by him, 1 And shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud. 1

Job 38:22But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? 1 And hast thou seen the treasures of hail? 1

Job 38:26To rain upon the land where there is no man, 1 The wilderness, where there is not a man in it; 1 So as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited land, 1

Psalms 18:13Who will understand his transgressions? 1 Purge thou me from my secret sins. 1

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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