Clouds

Formed from the sea 1 Kings 18:44; Amos 9:6
Are garment of the sea Job 38:9
GOD
- Established Proverbs 8:28
- Balanced in the air Job 37:16
- Disposed in order Job 37:15
- Brings over the earth Genesis 9:14
- Binds up Job 26:8
- Spreads out Job 26:9
- Scatters Job 37:11
Power and wisdom of God exhibited in forming Psalm 135:6,7; 147:5,8; Jeremiah 10:13; 51:16
Power and wisdom of God exhibited in condensing Job 36:27,28; 37:10,11; Proverbs 3:20
Made for the glory of God Psalm 148:4
CALLED THE
- Clouds of heaven Daniel 7:13; Matthew 24:30
- Windows of heaven Genesis 7:11; Isaiah 24:18
- Bottles of heaven Job 38:37
- Chambers of God Psalm 104:3,13
- Waters above the firmament Genesis 1:7
- Dust of God's feet Nahum 1:3
DIFFERENT KINDS OF, MENTIONED
- White Revelation 14:14
- Bright Job 37:11; Zechariah 10:1
- Thick Job 22:14; 37:11
- Black 1 Kings 18:45
- Swift Isaiah 19:1
- Great Ezekiel 1:4
- Small 1 Kings 18:44
Often cover the heavens Psalm 147:8
Often obscure the sun, &c Job 36:32; Ezekiel 32:7
Often dispersed by the wind Hosea 13:3
USES OF
- To give rain Judges 5:4; Psalm 104:13,14
- To supply dew Proverbs 3:20; Isaiah 18:4
- To moderate heat Isaiah 25:5
From the west, bring rain Luke 12:54
Though small, often bring much rain 1 Kings 18:44,45
Thunder and lightning come from Psalm 77:17,18
The rainbow appears in Genesis 9:13,14
Frequently the instrument of God's judgments Genesis 7:11,12; Job 37:13; Psalm 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 Isaiah 60:8; Hebrews 12:1
- Of hostile armies Jeremiah 4:13; Ezekiel 38:9,16
- Of sins of men Isaiah 44:22
- Of judgments of God Lamentations 2:1; Ezekiel 30:3; 34:12; Joel 2:2
- Of unsearchableness of God 2 Samuel 22:12; Psalm 97:2; Ezekiel 1:4
- (Riding upon,) of the power and greatness of God Psalm 104:3; Isaiah 19:1
- (Passing away,) of the goodness and prosperity of Hypocrites Hosea 6:4; 13:3
- (Without water,) of false teachers Jude 1:12
- (Carried away by a tempest,) of false teachers 2 Peter 2:17
- (Without rain,) of the fraudulent Proverbs 25:14
- (A morning without,) of wise rulers 2 Samuel 23:3,4
- (When seasonable,) of the favour of good rulers Proverbs 16:15

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