Jeremiah 14:22 — Meaning and Application

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“Are there {any} among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? {art} not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these {things}.”

Jeremiah 14:22

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We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, {and} the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

Do not abhor {us}, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

Are there {any} among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? {art} not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these {things}.

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Jeremiah 14:1

"The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. {the dearth: Heb. the words of the dearths, or, restraints}"

Jeremiah 14:2

"Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up."

Jeremiah 14:3

"And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, {and} found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads."

Jeremiah 14:4

"Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads."

Jeremiah 14:5

"Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook {it}, because there was no grass."

Jeremiah 14:6

"And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because {there was} no grass."

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