Jeremiah 10:13

when he uttereth his voice, etc.] The sense is plain, though the form of the Hebrew in MT. is peculiar, and hence the alternative in mg. at the sound of his giving an abundance of waters, continuing, when he causethor (simply), he causeth. Thunder, torrential rain, lightning, and winds mark Jehovah's supremacy over the elements of the storm.

maketh lightnings for the rain probably meaning, pierceth with his flash the clouds, so that they pour their contents upon the earth. For the v. cp. Psalms 135:7.