Jeremiah 5:24

Translations

Modern

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.’

Traditional

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.

Literal

…and they do not say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear YHWH our God, the One giving rain, the spring rain, and the autumn rain in its season, and the weeks appointed for the harvest He keeps for us.

Latin

Et non dixerunt in corde suo: Metuamus Dominum Deum nostrum, qui dat nobis pluviam temporaneam et serotinam in tempore suo, plenitudinem annuæ messis custodientem nobis.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.’

Notes

Jeremiah 5:23–25

The people mistakenly believed they could manage without the Lord, who gave rain for their crops (Deuteronomy 11:14). This wrongdoing led them to miss out on wonderful blessings and good things (Jeremiah 3:3).

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Psalm 147:8
…who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
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.
Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
Jeremiah 14:22
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.
Matthew 5:45
…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.
Acts 14:17
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.”
James 5:17–18
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.
Job 36:27–28
For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
Isaiah 64:7
No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
Deuteronomy 28:12
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
Revelation 11:6
These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Former Rain Jeremiah (Person) Palestine

Topics

Agriculture or Farming: The Providence of God to be Acknowledged in the Produce of Agriculture: God to be Acknowledged In Autumn Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Blessing: Temporal, from God Fall God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Harvest: Promises of Plentiful Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning Ingratitude of Man to God Rain: God should be Feared on Account of Rain: Sent by God Rain: The Former, After Harvest, to Prepare for Sowing The Harvest: Called The: Appointed Weeks of Harvest The Harvest: Former and Latter Rain Necessary to Abundance of

Jeremiah 5:24

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