Jeremiah 14:22
Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness at their bidding? Are not you he? we will even wait on you, O Lord: for you have made all these things.
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Deuteronomy 28:12May the Lord open to you his good treasure, the heaven, to give rain to your land in season: may he bless all the works of your hands: so shall you lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.
1 Kings 8:36then you shall hear from heaven, and be merciful to the sins of your servant and of your people Israel; for you shall show them the good way to walk in it, and you shall give rain upon the earth which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
1 Kings 17:14For thus says the Lord, The pitcher of meal shall not fail, and the cruse of oil shall not + 17:14 Or, be diminished, or fail of, etc. diminish, until the day that the Lord gives rain upon the earth.
1 Kings 18:39And all the people fell upon their faces, and said, Truly the Lord is God; he is God.
Job 28:26When he made them, thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder.
Psalms 25:3For your mercy is before my eyes: and I am well pleased with your truth. 1
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:18-22
The Prophet's Intercession. ( b. c. 606.) 17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. 18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah?… Read the whole commentary →