Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Jeremiah 14:22

vanities—idols (Deuteronomy 32:21).

rain— (Zechariah 10:1-2).

heavens—namely, of themselves without God (Matthew 5:45; Acts 14:17); they are not the First Cause, and ought not to be deified, as they were by the heathen. The disjunctive "or" favors CALVIN'S explanation: "Not even the heavens themselves can give rain, much less can the idol vanities."

art not thou he—namely, who canst give rain?

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 14:22:

Job 38:34
Isaiah 44:14
Jeremiah 5:12
Zechariah 10:1

 

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