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Do the skies themselves send down showers? No, it is you, LORD our God. Therefore our hope is in you, for you are the one who does all this. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/14.htm">New Living Translation</a> Can any of the worthless foreign gods send us rain? Does it fall from the sky by itself? No, you are the one, O LORD our God! Only you can do such things. So we will wait for you to help us. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O LORD our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/14.htm">New King James Version</a> Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for You, Since You have made all these. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, LORD our God? Therefore we wait for You, For You are the one who has done all these things. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? Therefore we hope in You, For You are the one who has done all these things. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not Thou, O LORD our God? Therefore we hope in Thee, For Thou art the one who hast done all these things. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not You, O Yahweh our God? Therefore we hope in You, For You are the one who has done all these things. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Are there any among the idols of the nations who can send rain? Or can the heavens [of their own will] give showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait and hope [confidently] in You, For You are the one who has made all these things [the heavens and the rain]. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the skies alone give showers? Are you not the LORD our God? We therefore put our hope in you, for you have done all these things. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the skies alone give showers? Are You not the LORD our God? We therefore put our hope in You, for You have done all these things. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Idols can't send rain, and showers don't fall by themselves. Only you control the rain, so we put our trust in you, the LORD our God. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> Are there any among the vanities of the heathen 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. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The worthless gods of the nations can't make it rain. By themselves, the skies can't give showers. But you can, O LORD our God. We have hope in you because you do all these things. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> None of the idols of the nations can send rain; the sky by itself cannot make showers fall. We have put our hope in you, O LORD our God, because you are the one who does these things. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> Can any of the worthless gods of the nations make it rain? Can the heavens themselves bring forth showers? Aren't you the one who does this, LORD our God? So we hope in you, for you are the one who does all these things. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/jeremiah/14.htm">NET Bible</a> Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this." <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things." <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/14.htm">World English Bible</a> Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Are there any among the vanities of the nations causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O our God YHWH? And we wait for you, for You have done all these! <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou -- Thou hast done all these! <a href="/slt/jeremiah/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Is there among the vanities of the nations those causing ruin? and if the heavens will give showers? Art not thou he, Jehovah our God? And we will wait for thee: for thou didst make all these.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Are there any among the graven things of the Gentiles that can send rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou the Lord our God, whom we have looked for? for thou hast made all these things. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Could any of the graven images of the Gentiles send rain? Or are the heavens able to give showers? Have we not hoped in you, the Lord our God? For you have made all these things.” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Bible</a> Among the idols of the nations are there any that give rain? Or can the mere heavens send showers? Is it not you, LORD, our God, to whom we look? You alone do all these things. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Can any idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not you, O LORD our God? We set our hope on you, for it is you who do all this.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For the gods of the Gentiles cannot bring rain nor cause the heavens to give showers, but thou art our God; therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> For the worshiped things of the Gentiles cannot bring rain down on us, neither will the sky give gentle showers, but you are LORD JEHOVAH our God, and we shall wait for you, for you have made all these things <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O LORD our God, and do we not wait for Thee? For Thou hast made all these things. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness at their bidding? Art not thou he? we will even wait on thee, O Lord: for thou hast made all these things. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4421" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">A Prayer for Mercy</a> …21For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it. 22<a href="/hebrew/3426.htm" title="3426: hă·yêš (Adv) -- Being, substance, existence, is. ">Can</a> <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892: bə·haḇ·lê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Or Habel; from habal; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb.">the worthless idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">of the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/1652.htm" title="1652: maḡ·ši·mîm (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp) -- To rain. A primitive root; to shower violently.">bring rain?</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">Do the skies alone</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: yit·tə·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">send</a> <a href="/hebrew/7241.htm" title="7241: rə·ḇi·ḇîm (N-mp) -- Abundant showers. From rabab; a rain.">showers?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Is this not</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh- (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">by You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">our God?</a> <a href="/hebrew/6960.htm" title="6960: ū·nə·qaw·weh- (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf-1cp) -- To bind together, collect, to expect. A primitive root; to bind together, i.e. Collect; to expect.">So we put our hope</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">in You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śî·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">have done</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these things.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/135-7.htm">Psalm 135:7</a> 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. <a href="/psalms/104-13.htm">Psalm 104:13-14</a> He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works. / He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: <a href="/job/38-26.htm">Job 38:26-28</a> to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, / to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass? / Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? <a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Deuteronomy 11:14</a> then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil. <a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Zechariah 10:1</a> Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field. <a href="/1_kings/8-35.htm">1 Kings 8:35-36</a> When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them, / then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance. <a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7-8</a> “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a> Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a> that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. <a href="/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17-18</a> Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops. <a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Isaiah 30:23</a> 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. <a href="/hosea/2-21.htm">Hosea 2:21-22</a> “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth. / And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel. <a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Joel 2:23</a> 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. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-7.htm">1 Corinthians 3:7</a> So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. <a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Isaiah 45:8</a> Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? are not you he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait on you: for you have made all these things.Are.<a href="/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Jeremiah 10:15</a> They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.<a href="/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19</a> O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Deuteronomy 32:21</a> They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.vanities.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Deuteronomy 32:21</a> They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.<a href="/1_kings/17-1.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a> And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.<a href="/1_kings/18-1.htm">1 Kings 18:1</a> And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.art.<a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Jeremiah 5:24</a> Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.<a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Jeremiah 10:13</a> When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.<a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Jeremiah 51:16</a> When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.wait.<a href="/psalms/25-3.htm">Psalm 25:3,21</a> Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause… <a href="/psalms/27-14.htm">Psalm 27:14</a> Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.<a href="/psalms/130-5.htm">Psalm 130:5</a> I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Gentiles</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Showers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-2.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Vanities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-8.htm">Wait</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/15-4.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Gentiles</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-24.htm">Showers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/jonah/2-8.htm">Vanities</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-10.htm">Wait</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 14</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">The grievous famine,</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">causes Jeremiah to pray.</a> 10. <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">The Lord will not be entreated for the people.</a> 13. <a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">false prophets are no excuse for them.</a> 17. <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah is moved to complain for them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase challenges the efficacy of pagan idols, which were often associated with natural phenomena like rain. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, rain was crucial for agriculture and survival, and many nations worshipped deities they believed controlled the weather. The rhetorical question underscores the impotence of these idols, contrasting them with the power of the true God. This theme is echoed in passages like <a href="/1_kings/18.htm">1 Kings 18</a>, where Elijah confronts the prophets of Baal, demonstrating that only the LORD can control the elements.Do the skies alone send showers? This question emphasizes the belief that natural occurrences are not random or autonomous but are under divine control. In the ancient world, people often attributed weather patterns to the whims of various gods. The biblical perspective, however, asserts that the skies are not independent agents but are subject to the will of the Creator. This aligns with passages like <a href="/job/38-25.htm">Job 38:25-28</a>, where God questions Job about the origins of rain, highlighting His sovereignty over creation.Is this not by You, O LORD our God? Here, the text acknowledges the LORD as the ultimate source of rain and blessings. This recognition of God's sovereignty is a central theme throughout Scripture, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Deuteronomy 11:13-17</a>, where obedience to God is linked to the provision of rain. The phrase also reflects a covenant relationship, where God is not just a distant deity but "our God," indicating a personal and communal bond with the people of Israel.So we put our hope in You, This expression of trust is a declaration of faith and reliance on God rather than on human or idolatrous means. In times of drought or hardship, the people are encouraged to place their hope in the LORD, who has proven faithful. This sentiment is echoed in Psalms, such as <a href="/psalms/33-20.htm">Psalm 33:20-22</a>, where hope in God is associated with His unfailing love and deliverance.for You have done all these things. The concluding phrase acknowledges God's past actions as the basis for present trust. It reflects a historical awareness of God's deeds, such as the provision of manna in the wilderness (Exodus 16) and the miraculous crossing of the Jordan River (Joshua 3). This acknowledgment serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness and power, encouraging continued reliance on Him. The phrase also points to the comprehensive nature of God's sovereignty, as He is responsible for all aspects of creation and history.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah, often warning them of impending judgment due to their idolatry and disobedience. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is sovereign over creation and the only true source of life and sustenance. 3. <a href="/topical/i/idols_of_the_nations.htm">Idols of the Nations</a> Representations of false gods worshiped by surrounding nations, which were powerless and unable to provide for the needs of the people. 4. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, facing drought and famine as a consequence of their unfaithfulness to God. 5. <a href="/topical/r/rain_and_showers.htm">Rain and Showers</a> Symbolic of God's provision and blessing, essential for life and prosperity in an agrarian society.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Creation</a> Recognize that God alone has control over the natural world, including the weather. This truth should lead us to trust in His provision and timing. <a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_idolatry.htm">The Futility of Idolatry</a> Idols, whether ancient or modern, cannot provide for our needs. We must examine our lives for anything we might be placing above God and turn back to Him. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god_alone.htm">Hope in God Alone</a> In times of need or crisis, our hope should be firmly placed in God, who has proven His faithfulness and power throughout history. <a href="/topical/p/prayer_as_a_response_to_need.htm">Prayer as a Response to Need</a> Like Jeremiah and Elijah, we should turn to God in prayer, acknowledging our dependence on Him for all things, including the necessities of life. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_faithfulness.htm">Repentance and Faithfulness</a> The context of <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Jeremiah 14</a> calls for repentance from idolatry and a return to faithfulness. We should regularly assess our spiritual lives and seek to align with God's will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 14</a> <a href="/q/who_was_huldah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Huldah the Prophetess in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/is_rain_solely_divine,_per_science.htm">Jeremiah 14:22: Is attributing rainfall solely to divine intervention consistent with modern scientific understanding of meteorology?</a> <a href="/q/why_consult_huldah_over_others_in_2_kings.htm">Why is Huldah consulted instead of more prominent prophets in 2 Kings 22:14-20, and what does this imply about the narrative's historical credibility?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_'one_god'_with_other_'gods'.htm">If, according to 1 Corinthians 8:6, there is only 'one God,' how do we reconcile this with other passages where divine beings or 'gods' are mentioned (e.g., Psalm 82)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) Vanities.--sc., as in <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm" title="But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.">Jeremiah 10:8</a>, 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 had called forth the prophet's utterance (<a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm" title="The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.">Jeremiah 14:1</a>). Israel remembers at last that it is Jehovah alone who gives the rain from heaven and the fruitful seasons, and turns to Him in patient waiting for His gifts. The words contain an implied appeal to the history of Elijah (<a href="/1_kings/18-41.htm" title="And Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.">1Kings 18:41</a>) and that of <a href="/joel/2-23.htm" title="Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he has given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.">Joel 2:23</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 22. - None of the vanities, or false gods (<a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Jeremiah 3:17</a>), of the heathen can deliver us in this our strait (want of rain). "Rainmakers" is still a common name of soothsayers among savage nations. Thou alone art God, and our God; or, in Jeremiah's phrase (not, Art not thou he, etc.? but) Art thou not Jehovah our God? and the ground of the appeal follows, Jehovah is the Maker of all these things; i.e. all the heavenly phenomena, especially the clouds and the rain. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Can הֲיֵ֨שׁ (hă·yêš) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3426.htm">Strong's 3426: </a> Being, substance, existence, is the worthless idols בְּהַבְלֵ֤י (bə·haḇ·lê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1892.htm">Strong's 1892: </a> Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory of the nations הַגּוֹיִם֙ (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts bring rain? מַגְשִׁמִ֔ים (maḡ·ši·mîm) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1652.htm">Strong's 1652: </a> To shower violently Do the skies alone הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky send יִתְּנ֣וּ (yit·tə·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set showers? רְבִבִ֑ים (rə·ḇi·ḇîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7241.htm">Strong's 7241: </a> Abundant showers Is this not הֲלֹ֨א (hă·lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no by You, אַתָּה־ (’at·tāh-) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you O LORD יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel our God? אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative So we put our hope in You, וּ֨נְקַוֶּה־ (ū·nə·qaw·weh-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6960.htm">Strong's 6960: </a> To bind together, collect, to expect for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction You אַתָּ֥ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you have done עָשִׂ֖יתָ (‘ā·śî·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every these things. אֵֽלֶּה׃ (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-22.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the vanities (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/14-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 14:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 14:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>