Text: Jeremiah 10:13
OT Text Referred to: Psalm 135:7
Subject: weather maker in poetic retrospective
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jeremiah 10:13 and Psalm 135:7 share virtually identical Hebrew wording describing God's sovereignty over weather: "He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses" (מוֹצִיא רוּחַ מֵאֹצְרֹתָיו, motsi ruach me'otserotav). This near-verbatim correspondence constitutes a direct quotation, likely both drawing from a common liturgical tradition celebrating Yahweh as Creator. In Jeremiah's context, this creation hymn functions polemically — contrasted with the impotent idols described in vv. 3-5 and 14-15, Yahweh's command of storms, lightning, and wind demonstrates the living God's absolute superiority over lifeless images. The psalm similarly sets God's weather-making power within a broader recital of His mighty acts in creation and history.