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Jeremiah 14:22

A fragment, as shewn by its subject, of the former of the two utterances combined in the section.

art not thou he, O Lord our God rather, art not thou the LORD our God?

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See also Jeremiah 14:22 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 14:22. _ARE THERE_ ANY _AMONG THE VANITIES OF THE GENTILES_] Probably the dearth was now coming, as there had been a long want of rain. It was the prerogative of the true God to give ra...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A second (compare Jeremiah 14:7) earnest intercession, acknowledging the wickedness of the nation, but appealing to the covenant and to God’s Almighty power. LOTHED - More exactly, “hath thrown away...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM, THE PROPHECIES OF JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF JEREMIAH, HIS FAITHFULNESS AND HIS SUFFERING CHAPTER 14 The Great Drought...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 14:1 TO JEREMIAH 15:9. THE DROUGHT IN JUDAH, AND JEREMIAH'S CONSEQUENT INTERCESSION. The date of this disaster is unknown, but some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most probab...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ARE THERE. Exist there. Hebrew. _yesh._ See notes on Jeremiah 14:22. VANITIES. idols. GENTILES. nations. HE. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_, "He [That givest rain]". WAIT UPON THEE. Reference t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. Jeremiah's Third Petition Rejected Jeremiah 14:19-22 TRANSLATION (19) Will You completely reject Judah? Will Your soul loath Zion? Why have You smitten us when there is not healing for us? We hope...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    14:22 HE, (d-23) Or 'thou, the Same.' see Deuteronomy 32:39 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-6. Description of the drought....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A reference to the drought (Jeremiah 14:1). God alone can remove it. JEREMIAH'S EIGHTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM?). THE IMPENDING DROUGHT AND OTHER WOES Dialogue between the prophet and God. He in...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    VANITIES. — _sc_., as in Jeremiah 10:8, the idols of the heathen, powerless and perishable. ARE THERE ANY... THAT CAN CAUSE RAIN? — The question is asked with a special reference to the drought which...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֲ יֵ֨שׁ בְּ הַבְלֵ֤י הַ גֹּויִם֙ מַגְשִׁמִ֔י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now come to the second division of the Book, that containing the account of the prophet's ministry. This falls into three sections: prophecies before the fall of Jerusalem (14-39), prophecies after...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Are there [any] among the (p) 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Rain. Let not the people have recourse to idols, (Calmet) in despair. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Faithful ministers cannot but feel grief at the conduct of false teachers, who prophecy smooth things, and prophecy deceit. Jeremiah had to encounter with many in his days, of this description and no...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READER! we cannot make a better improvement of this precious Chapter, than by following up the example the Prophet hath here left us, both in times of public calamity, and private visitati...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    In order to conciliate the favor of God, Jeremiah says here, that with him is the only remedy in extremities; and it is the same as though by avowing despair he wished to turn God to mercy; as if he h...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 14 refers to a famine which took place in the land. The desolation of Jerusalem by the sword and by famine is again declared. But observe here the touching intercession of Jeremiah 14:7-9; and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ARE THERE ANY AMONG THE VANITIES OF THE GENTILES THAT CAN CAUSE RAIN?.... The blessing wanted; none of the idols of the Gentiles, called vanities, because it was a vain thing to apply to them, or hope...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 the...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Hast thou utterly rejected Judah?_ The prophet again returns to God, and expostulates with him, humbly imploring mercy for his people, which shows that he did not understand God's words to him, (Jere...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PROPHET AGAIN INTERCEDES...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles, their empty idols, THAT CAN CAUSE RAIN? OR CAN THE HEAVENS GIVE SHOWERS? God, as the only Creator, the one true God, is the only One who can dispense...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    17-22 Jeremiah acknowledged his own sins, and those of the people, but pleaded with the Lord to remember his covenant. In their distress none of the idols of the Gentiles could help them, nor could t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The present judgment under which they groaned was a drought, which he had described in the six first verses; the prophet imploring God for the removal of it, argues from the impossibility of help in t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 14:22 there H3426 idols H1892 nations H1471 rain H1652 (H8688) heavens H8064 give H5414 (H8799) shower

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    In some respects, Jeremiah is one of the greatest of the ancient prophets, for he had most sorrowful task to perform. He had not to deliver a message full of Evangelical comfort, like that of Isaiah;...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Message on the drought. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Man's sins bring those judgments upon the earth which make even the inferior creatures to groan. There will come a time when...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 14:3. _They found no water._ The latter rain had been denied, as in Jeremiah 3:3; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17;...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain?_ IMPOTENCE OF IDOLS Remember it was a time of dearth. The question turned upon the presence of grass; there was no grass, and th...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 14:20 Jeremiah expresses his faith on behalf of Judah, but the people do not share his convictions, as God knows. REMEMBER. See v. Je

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY of the Chapter. This and chapter 15 form one prophecy (although Lange, Keil, and others connect Chapter s 14 to 17, regarding them as interwoven and synchr...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing attempt in...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the deaRuth (Jeremiah 14:1). For a drought filled the land. Judah mourns, and the gates languish; they are black upon the ground; and the cry of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 17:14; 1 Kings 18:1; 1 Kings 18:39; 1 Kings 8

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Rain — The present judgment under which they groan, was a drought, which he had described in the six first verses; the prophet imploring God for the removal of it, argues, from the impossibility of he...

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