14:22 Do any of the worthless idols 1 of the nations cause rain to fall?
Do the skies themselves send showers?
Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? 2
So we put our hopes in you 3
because you alone do all this.”
1 tn The word הֶבֶל (hevel), often translated “vanities”, is a common pejorative epithet for idols or false gods. See already in 8:19 and 10:8.
2 tn Heb “Is it not you, O
3 tn The rhetorical negatives are balanced by a rhetorical positive.