Jeremiah 14:22 New English Translation
22 Do any of the worthless idols[a] of the nations cause rain to fall?
Do the skies themselves send showers?
Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this?[b]
So we put our hopes in you[c]
because you alone do all this.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 14:22 tn The word הֶבֶל (hevel), often translated “vanities,” is a common pejorative epithet for idols or false gods. See already in 8:19 and 10:8.
- Jeremiah 14:22 tn Heb “Is it not you, O Lord our God?” The words “who does” are supplied in the translation for English style.
- Jeremiah 14:22 tn The rhetorical negatives are balanced by a rhetorical positive.
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