Jeremiah 51:15

Then all the men that knew that their wives burned incense, and all the women, a great multitude, and all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

14and there shall not one be preserved of the remnant of Judah that sojourn in the land of Egypt, to return to the land of Judah, to which they hope in their hearts to return: they shall not return, but only they that escape.

16As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee.

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Cross References

Job 9:8Who alone has stretched out the heavens, 1 And walks on the sea as on firm ground. 1

Psalms 104:24And he increased his people greatly, 1 And made them stronger than their enemies. 1

Psalms 136:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. 1

Psalms 148:1Alleluia, a Psalm of Haggai and Zechariah. 1 Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: 1 Praise him in the highest. 1

Isaiah 40:22It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in:

Isaiah 42:5Thus saith the Lord God, who made the heaven, and established it; who settled the earth, and the things in it, and gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that tread on it:

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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