Jeremiah 51:16

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

In Context

15Then 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,

17For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and so we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.

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Cross References

Exodus 10:13And Moses lifted up his rod toward heaven, and the Lord brought a south wind upon the earth, all that day and all that night: the morning dawned, and the south wind brought up the locusts,

Exodus 14:21And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the Lord carried back the sea with a strong south wind all the night, and made the sea dry, and the water was divided.

Job 37:2Hear thou a report by the anger of the Lord’s wrath, 1 And a discourse shall come out of his mouth. 1

Job 38:22But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? 1 And hast thou seen the treasures of hail? 1

Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like the Lord’s? 1 Or dost thou thunder with a voice like his? 1

Psalms 29:3O Lord my God, I cried to thee, and thou didst heal me. 1

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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