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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

• White
• —Re 14:14
• Bright
• —Job 37:11; Zec 10:1
• Thick
• —Job 22:14; 37:11
• Black
• —1Ki 18:45
• Swift
• —Isa 19:1
• Great
• —Eze 1:4
• Small
• —1Ki 18:44

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

• To give rain
• —Jud 5:4; Ps 104:13,14
• To supply dew
• —Pr 3:20; Isa 18:4
• To moderate heat
• —Isa 25:5

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