Psalms 147:17

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He throws his hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends?

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Josh 10:11 : 11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the LORD threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died– in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.
  • Job 37:9-9 : 9 A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds. 10 The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.
  • Job 38:22-23 : 22 Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail, 23 which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
  • Job 38:29-30 : 29 From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it, 30 when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?
  • Ps 78:47-48 : 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain. 48 He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock.

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    15He sends his command through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination.

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  • Ps 147:18
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    18He then orders it all to melt; he breathes on it, and the water flows.

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    9A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.

    10The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.

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    12The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

  • Job 37:5-6
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    5God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.

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    29From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,

    30when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

  • Ps 148:8
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    8O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,

  • Nah 1:5-6
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    5The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.

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    12From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.

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    15The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by your battle cry, LORD, by the powerful breath from your nose.

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    14Does the snow ever completely vanish from the rocky slopes of Lebanon? Do the cool waters from those distant mountains ever cease to flow?

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    7He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

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    22Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail,

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    16When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

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    17You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,

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    22From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

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    16They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.

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    27He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,

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    13When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

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    32It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair.

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    15He shot arrows and scattered them, lightning and routed them.

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    7The LORD’s shout strikes with flaming fire.

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    9Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

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    8He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.

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    3Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.

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    15If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

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    47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain.