Jeremiah 51:15

The maker of earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,

Young's Literal Translation

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

14Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts by Himself, That, Surely I have filled thee [with] men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against thee — shouting.

16At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [are] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth out wind from His treasures.

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Cross References

Job 9:8Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,

Psalms 104:24How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.

Psalms 136:5To Him making the heavens by understanding, For to the age [is] His kindness.

Psalms 148:1Praise ye Jah! Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens, Praise ye Him in high places.

Isaiah 40:22He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.

Isaiah 42:5Thus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in 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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