He has bestablished the world by His wisdom,
And chas stretched out the heavens at His discretion.
There is a1 multitude of waters in the heavens:
b“And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
cEvery metalsmith is put to shame by an image;
dFor his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
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Jeremiah 10:13
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters - This is a plain allusion to a storm of thunder and lightning, and the abundance of rain which is the consequence. Water is composed of two gases, hydrogen and oxygen: the electric or galvanic spark decomposes them, and they become air; when recomposed, they form water. The lightning acts upon the hydrogen and oxygen, which are found In the atmospheric air: they are decomposed, and water or rain is the consequence; which, being heavier than the air falls down in the form of rain.
This verse and the three following are the same in substance, and nearly in words, as Jeremiah 51:16, and following.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Jeremiah 10:13:
Exodus 9:28
Psalms 135:7
Jeremiah 51:17
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