Jeremiah 5:24

“Neither say in their heart, etc.] It came not into their mind, they never once thought of it, namely, of what follows, let us now fear the Lord our God; they were not influenced and engaged to the fear of God, neither by his power in the preceding instance, nor by his goodness in the following one: that giveth rain; in common, all the year round, at proper times, for the use of men and beasts. This is a pure gift of God, and an instance of his goodness, and is peculiar to him, what none of the gods of the Gentiles could give, (<241422>Jeremiah 14:22): both the former and the later, in his season; there were two particular seasons in the year in which the land of Israel had rain; the one was…”

“rain . . . former . . . latter--The "former" falls from the middle of October to the beginning of December. The "latter," or spring rain in Palestine, falls before harvest in March and April, and is essential for ripening the crops (Deu 11:14; Joe 2:23). weeks of . . . harvest--the seven weeks between passover and pentecost, beginning on the sixteenth of Nisan (Deu 16:9). By God's special providence no rain fell in Palestine during the harvest weeks, so that harvest work went on without interruption (see Gen 8:22).”

“Against the God (1) of Creation Jeremiah 5:22, and (2) of Providence Jeremiah 5:24, They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality extending to all classes Jeremiah 5:25-28. It is in this immorality that their idolatry has its root. Jeremiah 5:22 The sea is the symbol of restless and indomitable energy, chafing against all resistance, and dashing to pieces the works whereby man endeavors to restrain its fury. Yet God has imposed upon it laws which it must obey, and keeps it in its appointed place, not by barriers of iron but by a belt of sand. Modern science has shown that the resisting power of sand is enormous. A wave which would shatter rocks fails powerless upon sand. Can…”

“The former rain - The former to prepare the ground for sowing, and the latter to prepare the corn for ripening. Reserveth - He gives seasonable harvests according to his appointment. God would let them know what a foolish, as well as wicked thing it is to set themselves against that God, that keeps the whole order of nature at his own disposal, which he can order as he sees men behave towards him. Jeremiah 5:26”

“Let us now: Jer 5:22, Jer 50:5; Isa 64:7; Hos 3:5, Hos 6:1 that giveth: Jer 14:22; Deu 11:13, Deu 11:14, Deu 28:12; Kg1 17:1; Job 5:10, Job 36:27, Job 36:28, Job 38:37; Psa 147:8; Joe 2:23; Amo 4:7; Zac 10:1; Mat 5:45; Act 14:17; Jam 5:7; Jam 5:17, Jam 5:18; Rev 11:6 the appointed: Gen 8:22 Jeremiah 5:25”