Jeremiah 51:16

By the voice that he uttered, there was a tumult of waters in the heavens, And he caused vapours to ascend from the end of the earth,—Lightnings for the rain, made he, And brought forth wind out of his treasures.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

15He that Made the earth in his might, Established the world in his wisdom,—And in his understanding, stretched out the heavens

17Every son of earth had become too brutish to know,—Every goldsmith, hath been put to shame, by a graven image,—For a falsehood, is his molten image Seeing there is no breath in them:

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Cross References

Exodus 10:13And Moses stretched forth his staff over the land of Egypt, and, Yahweh, caused an east wind to drive through the land, all that day, and all the night,—when the morning, had come, the east wind, had brought the locust.

Exodus 14:21And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and Yahweh carried away the sea by a mighty east wind all the night, and turned the sea into dry land,—and the waters were cloven asunder.

Job 37:2Hear! oh hear! the raging of his voice, A growling sound also, out of his mouth, goeth forth;

Job 38:22Hast thou entered into the treasuries of the snow? And, the treasuries of the hail, couldst thou see?

Job 40:9But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,

Psalms 29:3The voice of Yahweh, is upon the waters,—The GOD of glory, hath thundered, Yahweh, is upon mighty waters;

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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