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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:15-19

(15-19) He hath made the earth by his power... — The five verses are a reproduction of Jeremiah 10:12, fitted in here to enhance the majesty of Him Who decrees the destruction of Babylon, and appoints Israel to be the instrument of that destruction. The word “Israel,” as the italics show, is wanting in the Hebrew, and we have a sufficient sense without it. “He is the former of all things, and of the rod (i.e., the tribe) of his inheritance.” The English version follows the Vulgate and the Targum in treating the omission as an error of transcription. (See Notes on Jeremiah 10:12.)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 51:15. _HE HATH MADE THE EARTH BY HIS POWER_] The _omnipotence_ of God is particularly manifested in the works of _creation_. _HE HATH ESTABLISHED THE WORLD BY HIS WISDOM_] The _omnis...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A transcript of Jeremiah 10:12....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 50-51 BABYLON These two final Chapter s contain a great prophecy concerning Babylon, her overthrow and doom. The fifty-first chapter closes with the statement “thus far are the words of Jere...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 50:1 TO JEREMIAH 51:58. BABYLON. This long and monotonous prophecy, which is without order or logical development of ideas, is largely a compilation from the prophetic writings of Jeremiah an...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MADE THE EARTH, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 1). Compare Jeremiah 10:12, &c. verses: Jeremiah 51:15 are repeated from Jeremiah

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    These _vv_. are taken almost _verbatim_from Jeremiah 10:12-16. The object of the insertion is to emphasize the powerlessness of Babylon's idols against Jehovah....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE HATH MADE THE EARTH— In this and the following verses we have an elegant and sublime description of the power and wisdom of the Almighty, in opposition to the weakness and inanity of idols. See Psa...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. Divine Destruction Jeremiah 51:11-26 TRANSLATION (11) Polish the arrows! Fill the shields! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the king of the Medes; for His purpose is against Babylon to destroy i...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. HE HATH MADE THE EARTH BY HIS POWER ... WHEN HE UTTERETH HI...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    51:15 (e-0) Cf. vers. 15-19 with ch. 10.12-16....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-14. The end of Babylon arrives....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֹשֵׂ֥ה אֶ֨רֶץ֙ בְּ כֹחֹ֔ו מֵכִ֥ין תֵּבֵ֖ל בּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXV BABYLON Jeremiah 50:1, Jeremiah 51:1 "Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces."- Jeremiah 50:2 THESE Chapter s present phenomena analogous to those of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In the second movement of the prophecy which deals with Babylon's doom and Israel's responsibility, Jeremiah first repeated his declarations concerning the determination of Jehovah to bring about the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Again I beg the Reader to remark, how the Lord points to his discriminating grace. The portion of Jacob is not like others. This people, saith Jehovah, I have formed for myself, they shall show forth...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet commends here, as I have already said, in high terms, the power of God; but we must bear in mind his purpose, for abrupt sentences would be otherwise uninteresting. His object was to encou...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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. The Targum prefaces the words thus, "these things saith he wh...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 15. _He hath made the earth by his power._] And can ther...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _O thou that dwellest upon many waters_ The river Euphrates ran through the midst of Babylon, and there was a prodigious lake of water on one side of the city, besides other lesser waters near it, so...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE THREAT OF JEHOVAH IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secur...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 51:15 made H6213 (H8802) earth H776 power H3581 established H3559 (H8688) world H8398 wisdom H2451 out

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD AS CREATOR IS COMPARED WITH FOOLISH MAN WHO CAN ONLY MAKE IDOLS WHICH ARE FUTILE AND LIFELESS (JEREMIAH 51:15). These verses are a repetition of Jeremiah 10:12 where YHWH as the genuine God of cre...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecies against Babylon, continued. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuchadrezzar, Seraiah. CONCLUSION: Let no nation think it will exempt them from God's judgment that they have been execu...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 51:7. _Babylon is a golden cup in the hands of Jehovah._ All the captives and allies are intoxicated with it. All nations bow to her idols, submit to her power, wonder at her riches, applaud...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He hath made the earth by His power, He hath established the world by His wisdom._ THE BEING OF GOD PROVED FROM THE FRAME OF THE WORLD The attentive observation of this world, or visible frame, is n...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 51:15 Stated also in Jeremiah 10:12. God alone created and rules the EARTH. ISRAEL forgot this

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—For _Chronological Notes,_ see foregoing chapter. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES.— Jeremiah 51:27. “_The kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenas_.” These nations of Western As...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 51:1 AGAINST THEM THAT DWELL IN THE MIDST OF THEM THAT RISE UP AGAINST ME. The Hebrew has _lēb-kāmai_, which is _Kasdim_, or _Chaldea, _written in the cypher called Athbash (see...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 14:15; Acts 17:24; Colossians 1:16; Colossians 1:17; Genesis 1:1

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