So Moses raised his stick toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the ground. The LORD sent

Pray to the LORD! We have had enough of this thunder and hail! I promise to let you go; you don't have to stay here any longer."

Moses said to him, "As soon as I go out of the city, I will lift up my hands in prayer to the LORD. The thunder will stop, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the LORD.

When the people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast and saw the lightning and the smoking mountain, they trembled with fear and stood a long way off.

It's the dry season, isn't it? But I will pray, and the LORD will send thunder and rain. When this happens, you will realize that you committed a great sin against the LORD when you asked him for a king."

So Samuel prayed, and on that same day the LORD sent thunder and rain. Then all the people became afraid of the LORD and of Samuel,

The storm makes my heart beat wildly.

He sends the lightning across the sky, from one end of the earth to the other.

At God's command amazing things happen, wonderful things that we can't understand.

Who dug a channel for the pouring rain and cleared the way for the thunderstorm?

He covered himself with darkness; thick clouds, full of water, surrounded him.

Then the LORD thundered from the sky; and the voice of the Most High was heard.

The voice of the LORD is heard on the seas; the glorious God thunders, and his voice echoes over the ocean.

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars, even the cedars of Lebanon.

The voice of the LORD makes the lightning flash.

The LORD's voice shakes the oaks and strips the leaves from the trees while everyone in his Temple shouts, "Glory to God!"

The LORD gives strength to his people and blesses them with peace.

Our God is coming, but not in silence; a raging fire is in front of him, a furious storm around him.

The crash of your thunder rolled out, and flashes of lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees it and trembles.

You have not come, as the people of Israel came, to what you can feel, to Mount Sinai with its blazing fire, the darkness and the gloom, the storm,

the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of a voice. When the people heard the voice, they begged not to hear another word,

From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven lighted torches were burning, which are the seven spirits of God.

Then the angel took the incense container, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth. There were rumblings and peals of thunder, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

God's temple in heaven was opened, and the Covenant Box was seen there. Then there were flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

The LORD said to Moses, "I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will believe you from now on." Moses told the LORD what the people had answered,

Then the cloud covered the Tent and the dazzling light of the LORD's presence filled it.

(SEE 5:11)

On the Lord's day the Spirit took control of me, and I heard a loud voice, that sounded like a trumpet, speaking behind me.

At this point I had another vision and saw an open door in heaven. And the voice that sounded like a trumpet, which I had heard speaking to me before, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this."

I am the LORD; why don't you fear me? Why don't you tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary of the sea, a permanent boundary that it cannot cross. The sea may toss, but it cannot go beyond it; the waves may roar, but they cannot break through.

The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling and afraid!"