Jeremiah 14:22

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²⁰ We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.

²¹ For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.

Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, the LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
ASV: Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
DARBY: Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou HE, Jehovah, our God? And we wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things.
BLB: Are there any among the idols of the nations able to bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? [Are] You not He, O YHWH our God? And we shall wait for You, since You make all these [things].

ÅB: Er det vel iblant hedningefolkenes falske guder noen som gir regn? Eller er det himmelen som gir regnbyger? Er det ikke du, Herre vår Gud? Vi venter på deg; for du har gjort alle disse ting.
OTB: Kan noen av de verdiløse avgudene til nasjonene bringe regn? Kan himmelen selv sende ned regnbyger? Er det ikke du, Herre vår Gud? Derfor venter vi på deg, for du er den som gjør alle disse tingene.
B1930: Er det vel iblandt hedningefolkenes falske guder nogen som gir regn? Eller er det himmelen som gir regnbyger? Er det ikke du, Herre vår Gud? Vi venter på dig; for du har gjort alle disse ting.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Joel 2:23
Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
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Jeremiah 5:24
They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
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Psalms 135:7
He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
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Isaiah 30:23
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
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Lamentations 3:25–26
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
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1 Kings 17:14
for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
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Isaiah 41:29
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
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