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Showers are frequently mentioned in the context of God's provision and blessing, as well as His judgment.<br><br><b>Divine Provision and Blessing</b><br><br>Showers are depicted as a sign of God's favor and provision for His people. In the arid climate of the ancient Near East, rain was essential for survival, agriculture, and prosperity. The Bible often associates showers with God's blessings, as seen in <a href="/ezekiel/34-26.htm">Ezekiel 34:26</a> : "I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing." This verse highlights the idea that God provides rain as a tangible expression of His care and benevolence.<br><br>In <a href="/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12</a> , the promise of rain is linked to obedience and covenant faithfulness: "The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of His bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands." Here, showers are a reward for adherence to God's commandments, underscoring the connection between divine favor and human responsibility.<br><br><b>Judgment and Withholding of Rain</b><br><br>Conversely, the withholding of showers is often portrayed as a form of divine judgment. In the context of covenant curses, the absence of rain serves as a warning and a call to repentance. In <a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm">Deuteronomy 11:17</a> , God warns the Israelites of the consequences of turning away from Him: "Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will shut the heavens so that it will not rain, and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you."<br><br>The prophet Jeremiah also speaks of the withholding of showers as a sign of God's displeasure: "Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed" (<a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Jeremiah 3:3</a>). This passage illustrates the moral and spiritual dimensions of rain as a symbol of God's relationship with His people.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Metaphor</b><br><br>Beyond the literal sense, showers are used metaphorically in Scripture to describe spiritual renewal and the outpouring of God's Spirit. In <a href="/hosea/6-3.htm">Hosea 6:3</a> , the prophet calls the people to return to the Lord, promising that "He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth." This imagery conveys the idea of spiritual refreshment and revival, akin to the life-giving effect of rain on parched land.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>In summary, showers in the Bible are rich in theological significance, representing both God's provision and His judgment. They serve as a reminder of the dependence of humanity on divine grace and the importance of faithfulness to God's covenant. Through the imagery of showers, Scripture communicates profound truths about the nature of God's relationship with His creation and His people.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) One who shows or exhibits.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) That which shows; a mirror.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) A copious supply bestowed.<p>6. (<I>v. t.</I>) To water with a shower; to //t copiously with rain.<p>7. (<I>v. t.</I>) To bestow liberally; to distribute or scatter in abundance; to rain.<p>8. (<I>v. i.</I>) To rain in showers; to fall, as in a shower or showers.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">SHOWER</span><p>shou'-er:<br><br>(1) rebhibhim, a plural form apparently denoting gentle rain, usually used figuratively, as in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-2.htm">Deuteronomy 32:2</a> <a href="/psalms/72-6.htm">Psalm 72:6</a> <a href="/micah/5-7.htm">Micah 5:7</a>.<br><br>(2) geshem, used of gentle rain in <a href="/job/37-6.htm">Job 37:6</a>: "shower of rain," the King James Version "small rain"; used of the flood in <a href="/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12</a>. Figuratively, of blessing, "showers of blessing" (<a href="/ezekiel/34-26.htm">Ezekiel 34:26</a>); of destruction: "There shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it" (<a href="/ezekiel/13-13.htm">Ezekiel 13:13</a>).<br><br>(3) zerem, usually storm or tempest (compare <a href="/isaiah/4-6.htm">Isaiah 4:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Isaiah 28:2</a>): "They are wet with the showers of the mountain" (<a href="/job/24-8.htm">Job 24:8</a>).<br><br>(4) ombros (<a href="/luke/12-54.htm">Luke 12:54</a>), Rain is unknown in Palestine in the long summer of 5 or 6 months. A few showers usually fall in September, succeeded by fine weather for some weeks before the beginning of the heavy and long-continued winter rains.<br><br>Alfred Ely Day<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3655.htm"><span class="l">3655. ombros -- a rainstorm</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: ombros Phonetic Spelling:<br> (om'-bros) Short Definition: a violent rain Definition: a violent rain, a <b>shower</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3655.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/3655a.htm"><span class="l">3655a. ombros -- a rainstorm</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ombros. 3655b . a rainstorm. Transliteration: ombros Short Definition: <b>shower</b>.<br> Word Origin a prim. word Definition a rainstorm NASB Word Usage <b>shower</b> (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3655a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/5205.htm"><span class="l">5205. huetos -- rain</span></a> <br><b>...</b> rain. From a primary huo (to rain); rain, especially a <b>shower</b> -- rain. (ueton) --<br> 3 Occurrences. (uetos) -- 1 Occurrence. (uetous) -- 1 Occurrence. 5204, 5205 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5205.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1026.htm"><span class="l">1026. brecho -- to send rain, to rain</span></a> <br><b>...</b> send rain, wash. A primary verb; to moisten (especially by a <b>shower</b>) -- (send)<br> rain, wash. (brexai) -- 1 Occurrence. (brechei) -- 1 Occurrence. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1026.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1653.htm"><span class="l">1653. geshem -- rain, <b>shower</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> geshem. 1654 . rain, <b>shower</b>. Transliteration: geshem Phonetic Spelling:<br> (gheh'-shem) Short Definition: rain. <b>...</b> rain, <b>shower</b>. From gasham; a <b>shower</b> -- rain, <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1653.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2230.htm"><span class="l">2230. zerem -- a flood of rain, rainstorm, downpour</span></a><br><b>...</b> flood, overflowing, <b>shower</b>, storm, tempest. From zaram; a gush of water -- flood,<br> overflowing, <b>shower</b>, storm, tempest. see HEBREW zaram. 2229, 2230. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2230.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7241.htm"><span class="l">7241. rebibim -- abundant showers</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>shower</b>. From rabab; a rain (as an accumulation of drops) -- <b>shower</b>. see HEBREW<br> rabab. 7240, 7241. rebibim. 7242 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7241.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1652.htm"><span class="l">1652. gasham -- to rain</span></a><br><b>...</b> rained (1). cause to rain. A primitive root; to <b>shower</b> violently -- (cause<br> to) rain. 1651, 1652. gasham. 1653 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1652.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7377.htm"><span class="l">7377. ri -- moisture</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from ravah Definition moisture NASB Word Usage moisture (1). watering.<br> From ravah; irrigation, ie A <b>shower</b> -- watering. see HEBREW ravah. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7377.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8164.htm"><span class="l">8164. sair -- rain (drop)</span></a><br><b>...</b> small rain. Formed the same as sa'iyr; a <b>shower</b> (as tempestuous) -- small rain.<br> see HEBREW sa'iyr. 8163c, 8164. sair. 8165 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8164.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/wesley/the_journal_of_john_wesley/a_shower_of_stones.htm"><span class="l">A <b>Shower</b> of Stones</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter 7. Severe Weather; Ireland; Wesley's Protest against Lawlessness<br> cWesley and Faith-healing A <b>Shower</b> of Stones. After we were <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/wesley/the journal of john wesley/a shower of stones.htm</font><p><a href="/library/palgrave/the_treasury_of_sacred_song/cxxiv_the_shower.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Shower</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book First CXXIV THE <b>SHOWER</b>. 'Twas so; I saw thy birth:"That drowsy lake <b>...</b> Footnotes:<br> [136] The <b>shower</b> is here regarded as a stagnant and a lazy exhalation. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cxxiv the shower.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/the_water_of_life_and_other_sermons/sermon_xvi_the_meteor_shower.htm"><span class="l">The Meteor <b>Shower</b> (Preached at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, Nov. <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> SERMON XVI. THE METEOR <b>SHOWER</b> (Preached at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, Nov. 26,<br> 1866.). Matthew 10:29, 30. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon xvi the meteor shower.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/temperance_506_father_who_on.htm"><span class="l">Temperance 506. Father, who on Man Dost <b>Shower</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> V. THE CHURCH Temperance 506. Father, who on man dost <b>shower</b>. 8.8.8.7 <b>...</b> Percy Dearmer,<br> 1906. Father, who on man dost <b>shower</b>. Gifts of plenty from thy dower,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../temperance 506 father who on.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_and_letters_of_st/chapter_xii_having_prayed_to_god.htm"><span class="l">Having Prayed to God, He Pours Forth a <b>Shower</b> of Tears, And <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book VIII. Chapter XII."Having Prayed to God, He Pours Forth a <b>Shower</b> of Tears,<br> And, Admonished by a Voice, He Opens the Book and Reads the Words in Rom. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xii having prayed to god.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_iii_st_ambrose_returns.htm"><span class="l">St. Ambrose Returns to the Story of the Widow of Sarepta...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> fleece, when all the earth was parched with continual drought, and by a second true<br> sign, moistened the floor of all the earth with a <b>shower</b>, whilst dryness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter iii st ambrose returns.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lactantius/the_divine_institutes/chap_xi_the_various_emblems_under.htm"><span class="l">The Various Emblems under which the Poets Veiled the Turpitude of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> reason. They said that Jupiter changed himself into a <b>shower</b> of gold, that<br> he might deceive Danae. What is a <b>shower</b> of gold? Plainly <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xi the various emblems under.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/8_motives_to_holy_mourning.htm"><span class="l">Motives to Holy Mourning</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It is like a <b>shower</b> upon a rock, which does no good; but tears for sin are blessed<br> tears. <b>...</b> Now it is seasonable weeping. It is like a <b>shower</b> in the spring. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/8 motives to holy mourning.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_of_saint_augustine/chapter_xvi_but_woe_is.htm"><span class="l">But Woe is Thee, Thou Torrent of Human Custom! who Shall Stand <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> hence eloquence; most necessary to gain your ends, or maintain opinions." As if<br> we should have never known such words as "golden <b>shower</b>," "lap," "beguile <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xvi but woe is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_and_letters_of_st/chapter_xvi_he_disapproves_of_the.htm"><span class="l">He Disapproves of the Mode of Educating Youth, and He Points Out <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> people to your way of thinking, and to unfold your opinions." So, in truth, we should<br> never have understood these words, "golden <b>shower</b>," "bosom," "intrigue <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xvi he disapproves of the.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/shower.htm"><span class="l"><b>Shower</b> (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (n.) That which resembles a <b>shower</b> in falling or passing through the air copiously<br> and rapidly. <b>...</b> 6. (vt) To water with a <b>shower</b>; to //t copiously with rain. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shower.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/showers.htm"><span class="l">Showers (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NIV). Job 37:6 For he says to the snow,'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the<br><b>shower</b> of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain. (WEB JPS ASV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/showers.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ice-drops.htm"><span class="l">Ice-drops (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 13:11 Say to those who put whitewash on it, There will be an overflowing<br><b>shower</b>; and you, O ice-drops, will come raining down; and it will be broken in <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ice-drops.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/torrents.htm"><span class="l">Torrents (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 13:11 say unto them that daub it with whited plaster, that it shall fall;<br> there shall be an overflowing <b>shower</b>, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/torrents.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hailstones.htm"><span class="l">Hailstones (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 13:11 tell those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall<br> be an overflowing <b>shower</b>; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hailstones.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/overflowing.htm"><span class="l">Overflowing (54 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 13:11 tell those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall<br> be an overflowing <b>shower</b>; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/overflowing.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/flooding.htm"><span class="l">Flooding (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 13:11 Say to those daubing with chalk -- It falleth, There hath been an<br> overflowing <b>shower</b>, And ye, O hailstones, do fall, And a tempestuous wind doth <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/flooding.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tempestuous.htm"><span class="l">Tempestuous (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 13:11 Say to those daubing with chalk -- It falleth, There hath been an<br> overflowing <b>shower</b>, And ye, O hailstones, do fall, And a tempestuous wind doth <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tempestuous.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/raining.htm"><span class="l">Raining (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 13:11 Say to those who put whitewash on it, There will be an overflowing<br><b>shower</b>; and you, O ice-drops, will come raining down; and it will be broken in <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/raining.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/destructive.htm"><span class="l">Destructive (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 28:2 Lo, a mighty and strong one 'is' to the Lord, As a storm of hail --<br> a destructive <b>shower</b>, As an inundation of mighty waters overflowing, He cast <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/destructive.htm - 10k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-stalking.html">What does the Bible say about stalking? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/buddhism.html">What is Buddhism and what do Buddhists believe? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-selflessness.html">What does the Bible say about selflessness? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/shower.htm">Shower: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Shower (22 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-54.htm">Luke 12:54</a></span><br />He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say,'A <span class="boldtext">shower</span> is coming,' and so it happens.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12</a></span><br />and the <span class="boldtext">shower</span> is on the earth forty days and forty nights. <br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Genesis 8:2</a></span><br />and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the <span class="boldtext">shower</span> from the heavens.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Exodus 9:8</a></span><br />And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, Take in your hand a little dust from the fire and let Moses send it in a <span class="boldtext">shower</span> up to heaven before the eyes of Pharaoh.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/9-10.htm">Exodus 9:10</a></span><br />So they took some dust from the fire, and placing themselves before Pharaoh, Moses sent it out in a <span class="boldtext">shower</span> up to heaven; and it became a skin-disease bursting out on man and on beast.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/17-14.htm">1 Kings 17:14</a></span><br />for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The pitcher of meal is not consumed, and the dish of oil is not lacking, till the day of Jehovah's giving a <span class="boldtext">shower</span> on the face of the ground.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/18-41.htm">1 Kings 18:41</a></span><br />And Elijah saith to Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the <span class="boldtext">shower</span>.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/18-44.htm">1 Kings 18:44</a></span><br />And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, 'Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, 'Go up, say unto Ahab, 'Bind -- and go down, and the <span class="boldtext">shower</span> doth not restrain thee.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/18-45.htm">1 Kings 18:45</a></span><br />And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the <span class="boldtext">shower</span> is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/9-33.htm">2 Kings 9:33</a></span><br />And he said, Take her and put her out of the window. So they sent her down with force, and her blood went in a <span class="boldtext">shower</span> on the wall and on the horses; and she was crushed under their feet.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/37-6.htm">Job 37:6</a></span><br />For he says to the snow,'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the <span class="boldtext">shower</span> of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/68-9.htm">Psalms 68:9</a></span><br />A <span class="boldtext">shower</span> of free-will gifts thou shakest out, O God. Thine inheritance, when it hath been weary, Thou hast established it.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Isaiah 28:2</a></span><br />Lo, a mighty and strong one 'is' to the Lord, As a storm of hail -- a destructive <span class="boldtext">shower</span>, As an inundation of mighty waters overflowing, He cast down to the earth with the hand.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Isaiah 45:8</a></span><br />Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10</a></span><br />For, as come down doth the <span class="boldtext">shower</span>, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Ezekiel 13:11</a></span><br />tell those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing <span class="boldtext">shower</span>; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-13.htm">Ezekiel 13:13</a></span><br />Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing <span class="boldtext">shower</span> in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/34-26.htm">Ezekiel 34:26</a></span><br />I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the <span class="boldtext">shower</span> to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22</a></span><br />With pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him, and on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing <span class="boldtext">shower</span>, and great hailstones, fire, and sulfur.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/6-3.htm">Hosea 6:3</a></span><br />And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a <span class="boldtext">shower</span> to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Joel 2:23</a></span><br />And ye sons of Zion, joy and rejoice, In Jehovah your God, For He hath given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causeth to come down to you a <span class="boldtext">shower</span>, Sprinkling and gathered -- in the beginning.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/14-17.htm">Zechariah 14:17</a></span><br />And it hath come to pass, That he who doth not go up of the families of the land unto Jerusalem, To bow himself to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, Even on them there is no <span class="boldtext">shower</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/shower.htm">Shower</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shower.htm">Shower (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/givest.htm">Givest (31 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/delights.htm">Delights (39 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/showering.htm">Showering (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gifts.htm">Gifts (144 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/troubles.htm">Troubles (94 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rain.htm">Rain (118 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/healing.htm">Healing (60 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/showedst.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Showedst"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Showedst" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/showered.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Showered"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Showered" /></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="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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