17 He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
Psalms 147:17
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Sirach 43:14–16
14 Therefore the storehouses are opened, and clouds fly out like birds. (WEB) 15 By his mighty power, he makes the clouds strong and the hailstones are broken in pieces. (WEB) 16 At his appearing, the mountains will be shaken. At his will, the south wind will blow. (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:9–11
9 A fire will go out from his wrath, and who may quench it? (WEB) 10 He will flash lightning, and who will not fear? He will thunder, and who wouldn’t tremble? (WEB) 11 The Lord will threaten, and who will not be utterly broken in pieces at his presence? (WEB)
Psalms 18:11–13
11 He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him. 12 From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire. 13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalms 105:31–33
31 He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country. 32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land. 33 He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
Job 38:28–30
28 Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? 29 From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven, 30 when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
Psalms 78:47–49
47 He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet. 48 He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. 49 He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels.
Job 37:9–11
9 The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. 10 By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen. 11 He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Job 36:31–33
31 For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance. 32 He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark. 33 The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.
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