Clouds
Clouds
Formed from the sea - 1Ki 18:44; Am 9:6
Are garment of the sea - Job 38:9
GOD
- Established
- Pr 8:28 - Balanced in the air
- Job 37:16 - Disposed in order
- Job 37:15 - Brings over the earth
- Ge 9:14 - Binds up
- Job 26:8 - Spreads out
- Job 26:9 - Scatters
- Job 37:11
Power and wisdom of God exhibited in forming - Ps 135:6,7; 147:5,8; Jer 10:13; 51:16
Power and wisdom of God exhibited in condensing - Job 36:27,28; 37:10,11; Pr 3:20
Made for the glory of God - Ps 148:4
CALLED THE
- Clouds of heaven
- Da 7:13; Mt 24:30 - Windows of heaven
- Ge 7:11; Isa 24:18 - Bottles of heaven
- Job 38:37 - Chambers of God
- Ps 104:3,13 - Waters above the firmament
- Ge 1:7 - Dust of God's feet
- Na 1:3
DIFFERENT KINDS OF, MENTIONED
Often cover the heavens - Ps 147:8
Often obscure the sun, &c - Job 36:32; Eze 32:7
Often dispersed by the wind - Ho 13:3
USES OF
From the west, bring rain - Lu 12:54
Though small, often bring much rain - 1Ki 18:44,45
Thunder and lightning come from - Ps 77:17,18
The rainbow appears in - Ge 9:13,14
Frequently the instrument of God's judgments - Ge 7:11,12; Job 37:13; Ps 77:17
MAN
- Ignorant of the spreading of
- Job 36:29 - Ignorant of the disposing of
- Job 37:15 - Ignorant of the balancing of
- Job 37:16 - Cannot number
- Job 38:37 - Cannot cause to rain
- Job 38:34 - Cannot stay
- Job 38:37
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of multitudes of persons
- Isa 60:8; Heb 12:1 - Of hostile armies
- Jer 4:13; Eze 38:9,16 - Of sins of men
- Isa 44:22 - Of judgments of God
- La 2:1; Eze 30:3; 34:12; Joe 2:2 - Of unsearchableness of God
- 2Sa 22:12; Ps 97:2; Eze 1:4 - (Riding upon,) of the power and greatness of God
- Ps 104:3; Isa 19:1 - (Passing away,) of the goodness and prosperity of
hypocrites - Ho 6:4; 13:3 - (Without water,) of false teachers
- Jude 1:12 - (Carried away by a tempest,) of false teachers
- 2Pe 2:17 - (Without rain,) of the fraudulent
- Pr 25:14 - (A morning without,) of wise rulers
- 2Sa 23:3,4 - (When seasonable,) of the favour of good rulers
- Pr 16:15 Next Topic (Cloud of Glory)