They do not say to themselves,“ Let us revere the LORD our God. It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time. It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.”

心内也不说：‘我们应当敬畏耶和华我们的神；他按时赐雨，就是秋雨春雨，又为我们定收割的节令，永存不废。’

他们心里并不说：‘我们应当敬畏耶和华—我们的上帝；他按时赐雨，就是秋雨和春雨，又为我们定收割的季节。’

他们心里并不说：‘我们应当敬畏耶和华—我们的神；他按时赐雨，就是秋雨和春雨，又为我们定收割的季节。’

你们心中从未说，我们要敬畏我们的上帝耶和华，祂按时降下秋雨和春雨，让我们按时收割。

他们心里也不想想：‘我们应当敬畏耶和华我们的神，他按时赐雨，就是秋雨春霖，又为我们保存定时收割的节令。’

心內也不說：我們應當敬畏耶和華－我們的神；他按時賜雨，就是秋雨春雨，又為我們定收割的節令，永存不廢。

他們心裏並不說：『我們應當敬畏耶和華－我們的上帝；他按時賜雨，就是秋雨和春雨，又為我們定收割的季節。』

他們心裏並不說：『我們應當敬畏耶和華－我們的神；他按時賜雨，就是秋雨和春雨，又為我們定收割的季節。』

你們心中從未說，我們要敬畏我們的上帝耶和華，祂按時降下秋雨和春雨，讓我們按時收割。

他們心裡也不想想：‘我們應當敬畏耶和華我們的神，他按時賜雨，就是秋雨春霖，又為我們保存定時收割的節令。’

他們心裏也不說：「我們應當敬畏永恆主我們的上帝：他按時賜霖雨，就是秋霖春雨；又為我們存着收割的制定節令。」

彼不自謂、我當寅畏我上帝耶和華、彼降秋雨春雨、各適其時、為我定厥穡期、

不肯自謂我之上帝耶和華、春雨秋霖、無不時若、迨屆穡期、俾我能享、故當畏其威焉。

其心不自謂曰、我儕當敬畏主我之天主、主隨時賜雨、即春雨秋雨、為我定穡期、永存不廢、

They do not say to themselves,‘ Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives autumn and spring rains in season, who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’

You do not say to yourselves,“ Let us have respect for the Lord our God. He sends rain in the fall and the spring. He promises us that the harvest will come at the same time each year.”

They do not say in their hearts,‘ Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives the rain in its season, the autumn rain and the spring rain, and keeps for us the weeks appointed for the harvest.’

They do not say from the heart,‘ Let us live in awe of the Lord our God, for he gives us rain each spring and fall, assuring us of a harvest when the time is right.’

They have not said to themselves,‘ Let’s fear the LORD our God, who gives the seasonal rains, both autumn and spring, who guarantees to us the fixed weeks of the harvest.’

They do not say in their heart,“ Let us now fear the Lord our God, Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest.”

They do not say in their heart,“ Let us now fear the Lord our God, Who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season. He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

They have not said to themselves,‘ Let’s fear the Lord our God, who gives the rain, both early and late, in its season, who guarantees to us the fixed weeks of the harvest.’

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

They don’t say in their heart,‘ Let’s now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’

“ While the earth continues to exist, planting time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.

so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the LORD your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains– both the early and the late rains as formerly.

yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy.”

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this.”

he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields;

“ I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.

These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want.

Ask the LORD for rain in the season of the late spring rains– the LORD who causes thunderstorms– and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.

“ You should fear me!” says the LORD.“ You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.”

The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

They will ask the way to Zion; they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the LORD in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.

Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab,“ As certainly as the LORD God of Israel lives( whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”

He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.

“ Come on! Let’s return to the LORD! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!

Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the LORD your God and serve him with all your mind and being,then he promises,“ I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.

Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the LORD their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the LORD in fear and receive his blessings in the future.