14 that [a](A)He will provide rain for your land in its season, the [b](B)early and [c]late rain, so that you may gather your grain, your new wine, and your oil. 15 [d](C)He will also provide grass in your field for your cattle, and (D)you will eat and be satisfied. 16 [e](E)Beware that your hearts are not easily deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods, and worship them. 17 Otherwise, (F)the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and He will (G)shut up the sky (H)so that there will be no rain, and the ground will not yield its produce; then (I)you will quickly perish from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 11:14 As in some ancient versions; MT I
  2. Deuteronomy 11:14 I.e., autumn
  3. Deuteronomy 11:14 I.e., spring
  4. Deuteronomy 11:15 As in some ancient versions; MT I
  5. Deuteronomy 11:16 Lit Watch yourselves

14 then I will send rain(A) on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains,(B) so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. 15 I will provide grass(C) in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.(D)

16 Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.(E) 17 Then the Lord’s anger(F) will burn against you, and he will shut up(G) the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce,(H) and you will soon perish(I) from the good land the Lord is giving you.

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(A)Whatever the Lord pleases, He does,
In heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all the ocean depths.
[a]He (B)causes the [b]mist to ascend from the ends of the earth,
[c]He (C)makes lightning for the rain;
[d]He (D)brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

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  1. Psalm 135:7 Lit The one who
  2. Psalm 135:7 I.e., clouds
  3. Psalm 135:7 Lit The one who
  4. Psalm 135:7 Lit The one who

The Lord does whatever pleases him,(A)
    in the heavens and on the earth,(B)
    in the seas and all their depths.
He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
    he sends lightning with the rain(C)
    and brings out the wind(D) from his storehouses.(E)

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34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds,
So that an (A)abundance of water will cover you?
35 Can you (B)send flashes of lightning, so that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who has (C)put wisdom in the innermost being,
Or given (D)understanding to the [a]mind?
37 Who can count the clouds by wisdom,
And (E)pour out the water jars of the heavens,
38 When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together?

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  1. Job 38:36 Or rooster

34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
    and cover yourself with a flood of water?(A)
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(B)
    Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[a](C)
    or gives the rooster understanding?[b](D)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
    Who can tip over the water jars(E) of the heavens(F)
38 when the dust becomes hard(G)
    and the clods of earth stick together?(H)

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  1. Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
  2. Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

I will (A)lay it waste;
It will not be pruned nor hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to (B)rain on it.”

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I will make it a wasteland,(A)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns(B) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain(C) on it.”

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22 Do you not (A)fear Me?’ declares the Lord.
‘Do you not tremble in My presence?
For I have (B)placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
An eternal limit, and it will not cross over it.
Though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, they will not cross over it.
23 But this people has a (C)stubborn and rebellious heart;
They have turned aside and departed.
24 They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
Who (D)gives rain in its season,
Both (E)the autumn rain and the spring rain,
Who keeps for us
The (F)appointed weeks of the harvest.”
25 Your (G)wrongdoings have turned these away,
And your sins have kept good away from you.

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22 Should you not fear(A) me?” declares the Lord.
    “Should you not tremble(B) in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea,(C)
    an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;
    they may roar,(D) but they cannot cross it.
23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious(E) hearts;
    they have turned aside(F) and gone away.
24 They do not say to themselves,
    ‘Let us fear(G) the Lord our God,
who gives autumn and spring rains(H) in season,
    who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’(I)
25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
    your sins have deprived you of good.(J)

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