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15 “He has made the earth by his power.
    He has established the world by his wisdom.
    By his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.
16 When he utters his voice,
    there is a roar of waters in the heavens,
    and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
    and brings the wind out of his treasuries.

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15 He is the one who[a] by his power made the earth.
He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place,
by his understanding he spread out the heavens.
16 When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar.
He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons;
he makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain.
He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it;

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:15 tn The Hebrew participle here is intended to be connected with “Lord who rules over all” in the preceding verse. The passage is functioning to underline the Lord’s power to carry out what he has sworn, in contrast to the impotence of their idols, who will be put to shame and be dismayed (50:2).