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15 [a]He sends his command to earth;
    his word runs swiftly!(A)
16 Thus he makes the snow like wool,
    and spreads the frost like ash;(B)
17 He disperses hail like crumbs.
    Who can withstand his cold?

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Footnotes

  1. 147:15–19 God speaks through the thunder of nature and the word of revealed law, cf. Is 55:10–11. The weather phenomena are well known in Jerusalem: a blizzard of snow and hail followed by a thunderstorm that melts the ice.

15 He sends his command(A) to the earth;
    his word runs(B) swiftly.
16 He spreads the snow(C) like wool
    and scatters the frost(D) like ashes.
17 He hurls down his hail(E) like pebbles.
    Who can withstand his icy blast?

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