Job 38:35

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Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you,‘Here we are’?

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  • Exod 9:23-25 : 23 When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the LORD caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt. 24 Hail fell and fire mingled with the hail; the hail was so severe that there had not been any like it in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. 25 The hail struck everything in the open fields, both people and animals, throughout all the land of Egypt. The hail struck everything that grows in the field, and it broke all the trees of the field to pieces.
  • Exod 9:29 : 29 Moses said to him,“When I leave the city I will spread my hands to the LORD, the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the LORD.
  • Lev 10:2 : 2 So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD.
  • Num 11:1 : 1 The Israelites Complain When the people complained, it displeased the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp.
  • Num 16:35 : 35 Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
  • 1 Sam 22:12 : 12 Then Saul said,“Listen, son of Ahitub.” He replied,“Here I am, my lord.”
  • 2 Kgs 1:10 : 10 Elijah replied to the captain,“If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire then came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.
  • 2 Kgs 1:14 : 14 Indeed, fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. So now, please have respect for my life.”
  • Job 36:32 : 32 With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.
  • Job 37:3 : 3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.
  • Isa 6:8 : 8 I heard the voice of the Lord say,“Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?” I answered,“Here I am, send me!”
  • Isa 65:1 : 1 The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said,‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name.
  • Rev 11:5-6 : 5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. 6 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.

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