3:3 That is why the rains have been withheld,
and the spring rains have not come.
Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. 1
You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.
14:22 Do any of the worthless idols 2 of the nations cause rain to fall?
Do the skies themselves send showers?
Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? 3
So we put our hopes in you 4
because you alone do all this.”
1 tn Heb “you have the forehead of a prostitute.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “Is it not you, O
4 tn The rhetorical negatives are balanced by a rhetorical positive.