Psalm 147:15-18 Part 1 of 2

He sends his orders to the world--

    how swiftly his word flies!

He sends the snow like white wool;

    he scatters frost upon the ground like ashes.

He hurls the hail like stones.

    Who can stand against his freezing cold?

Then, at his command, it all melts.

    He sends his winds, and the ice thaws. 

 

He sends his orders to the world--how swiftly his word flies!

Job 37:12  

"The clouds churn about at his direction.

    They do whatever he commands throughout the earth." 

Psalm 33:9  

For when he spoke, the world began!

    It appeared at his command.  (see all Psalm 33)

Isaiah 55:11  

"It is the same with my word.

    I send it out, and it always produces fruit.

It will accomplish all I want it to,

    and it will prosper wherever I send it."  (see all Isaiah 55)

 

He sends the snow like white wool; he scatters frost upon the ground like ashes.  

Job 37:6  

"He directs the snow to fall on the earth

    and tells the rain to pour down."

Job 38:29  

"Who is the mother of the ice?

    Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?" 

 

He hurls the hail like stones. Who can stand against his freezing cold?  

Exodus 9:22-23  

    Then the LORD said to Moses, "Lift your hand toward the sky so hail may fall on the people, the livestock, and all the plants throughout the land of Egypt."

    So Moses lifted his staff toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed toward the earth. The LORD sent a tremendous hailstorm against the land of Egypt.  (see Exodus 9:13-35)

Job 37:9  

"The stormy wind comes from its chamber,

    and the driving winds bring the cold."  (see all Job 37)

Job 38:22  

"Have you visited the storehouses of the snow

    or seen the storehouses of hail?"  (see all Job 38)

Psalm 78:47  

He destroyed their grapevines with hail

    and shattered their sycamore figs with sleet.  (see Psalm 78:43-52)

Psalm 105:32  

He sent them hail instead of rain,

    and lightning flashed over the land.  (see Psalm 105:26-36) 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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