Jeremiah 10:13

His voice makes the roar of waters in the heavens, and he brings up the mists from the ends of the earth. 1 He makes lightning for the rain and sends out wind from his storehouse. 1

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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

12But it was he who made the earth by his power, and he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens. 1

14Every man has become ignorant, without knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols. 1 For his cast images are frauds; there is no life in them. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 9:23Moses reached out with his staff toward the sky, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail, and lightning to the ground. He also rained hail on the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 18:41Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of much rain.”

Job 36:27For he draws up the drops of water 1 that he distills as rain from his vapor, + 36:27 Some modern versions have that distill as rain from his vapor . 1

Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouses for the snow, 1 or have you seen the storehouses for the hail, 1

Job 38:26to cause it to rain on lands where no person exists, 1 and on the wilderness, in which there is no one, 1

Psalms 18:13Yahweh thundered in the heavens! The voice of the Most High shouted. + 18:13 Some modern versions add after shouted, hailstones and coals of fire this expression may be an accidental repetition from the previous verse. 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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