Jeremiah 51:15

He that hath made the earth by His power, that hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by His discernment;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

In Context

14The LORD of hosts hath sworn by Himself: Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm, and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

16At the sound of His giving a multitude of waters in the heavens, He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings at the time of the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries;

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Cross References

Job 9:8Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

Psalms 104:24How manifold are Thy works, O LORD! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of Thy creatures.

Psalms 136:5To Him that by understanding made the heavens, for His mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 148:1Hallelujah. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the heights.

Isaiah 40:22It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

Isaiah 42:5Thus saith God the LORD, He that created the heavens, and stretched them forth, He that spread forth the earth and that which cometh out of it, He that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:2-59

The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her… Read the whole commentary →

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