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He causeth it to come, whether βfor correctionf, or for his landg, or for mercyh.

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a rod.

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1 Sam. 12:18• ¹⁸And Samuel called to Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel. (1 Sam. 12:18)

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Ezra 10:9• ⁹Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain. (Ezra 10:9)

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1 Kings 18:45• ⁴⁵And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great pour of rain. And Ahab got on the chariot, and went to Jizreel. (1 Kings 18:45)

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Joel 2:23• ²³And ye, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the early rain in due measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the early rain, and the latter rain at the beginning of the season. (Joel 2:23)

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Job 37:6• ⁶For he saith to the snow, Fall on the earth! and to the pouring rain, even the pouring rains of his might. (Job 37:6)

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Job 36:31• ³¹For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance. (Job 36:31)

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Job 38:37‑38• ³⁷Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
³⁸When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together? (Job 38:37‑38)

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Ex. 9:18‑25• ¹⁸Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since its foundation until now.
¹⁹And now send, and secure thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field: all the men and the cattle that are found in the field, and are not brought home--on them the hail shall come down, and they shall die.
²⁰He that feared the word of Jehovah among the bondmen of Pharaoh made his bondmen and his cattle flee into the houses.
²¹But he that did not regard the word of Jehovah left his bondmen and his cattle in the field.
²²And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be hail throughout the land of Egypt, upon men, and upon cattle, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.
²³And Moses stretched out his staff toward the heavens, and Jehovah gave thunder and hail; and the fire ran along the ground; and Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt.
²⁴And there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there had been none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
²⁵And the hail smote throughout the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both men and cattle; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. (Ex. 9:18‑25)

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1 Sam. 12:18‑19• ¹⁸And Samuel called to Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
¹⁹And all the people said to Samuel, Pray to Jehovah thy God for thy servants, that we die not; for we have added to all our sins the wickedness to ask for ourselves a king. (1 Sam. 12:18‑19)

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Ezra 10:9• ⁹Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain. (Ezra 10:9)

correction.

Heb. a rod.

for his.

Job 38:26‑27• ²⁶To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
²⁷To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth? (Job 38:26‑27)

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2 Sam. 21:10,14• ¹⁰Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them out of the heavens, and suffered neither the fowl of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
¹⁴And they buried them with the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they did all that the king had commanded. And afterwards God was propitious to the land. (2 Sam. 21:10,14)

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1 Kings 18:45• ⁴⁵And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great pour of rain. And Ahab got on the chariot, and went to Jizreel. (1 Kings 18:45)

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Joel 2:23• ²³And ye, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the early rain in due measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the early rain, and the latter rain at the beginning of the season. (Joel 2:23)

• Sometimes it is as an “overflowing scourge,” sometimes, “Thou visitest the earth and waterest it; Thou greatly enrichest it” (Ps. 65:9), but always it is God whose actions, plans and purposes are before the eye of faith. (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.