Jeremiah 51:17 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Jeremiah 51:17

15 ^aHe has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom,
And ^bstretched out the heaven by His understanding.

16 When He utters His voice—
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
^a“He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightnings for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”

17 ^aEveryone is dull-hearted, without knowledge;
Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image;
^bFor his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.

18 They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.

19 The Portion of Jacob is not like them,
For He is the Maker of all things;
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance.
The Lord of hosts is His name.

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Repeated from Jeremiah 10:12-16; except that "Israel" is not in the Hebrew of Jeremiah 51:19, which ought, therefore, to be translated, "He is the Former of all things, and (therefore) of the rod of His inheritance" (that is, of the nation peculiarly His own). In the tenth chapter the contrast is between the idols and God; here it is between the power of populous Babylon and that of God: "Thou dwellest upon many waters" (Jeremiah 51:13); but God can, by merely "uttering His voice," create "many waters" (Jeremiah 51:16). The "earth" (in its material aspect) is the result of His "power"; the "world" (viewed in its orderly system) is the result of His "wisdom," etc. (Jeremiah 51:15). Such an Almighty Being can be at no loss for resources to effect His purpose against Babylon.

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