Focused Passage

Jeremiah 51:15-19

Babylon Sunk: The LORD’s Vengeance, Israel’s Deliverance, and the Stone Cast into the Euphrates

The chapter moves from the LORD stirring up destroyers against Babylon, to the command for Israel to flee, to Babylon’s image as a shattered golden cup, to the LORD’s vengeance for Zion, to a creation-theology contrast between the LORD and idols, to Babylon as the LORD’s war club now judged, to repeated announcements of Babylon’s desolation, to pastoral exhortations for exiles not to lose heart, and finally to Seraiah’s symbolic sinking of the scroll in the Euphrates.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

15The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

16When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

17Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

18They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

19The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

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Verse 15

Cross-references

Isaiah 25BSB references Genesis 1:1Classic cross-references Genesis 1:6Classic cross-references Jeremiah 32:17Classic cross-references Jeremiah 27:5Classic cross-references Jeremiah 10:12Classic cross-references

Original words

[The LORD] madeעֹשֵׂ֥הH6213Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular constructthe earthאֶ֙רֶץ֙H776Noun - feminine singularby His powerבְּכֹח֔וֹH3581Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularHe establishedמֵכִ֥יןH3559Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular constructthe worldתֵּבֵ֖לH8398Noun - feminine singularby His wisdomבְּחָכְמָת֑וֹH2451Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularand stretched outנָטָ֥הH5186Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe heavensשָׁמָֽיִם׃H8064Noun - masculine pluralby His understandingוּבִתְבוּנָת֖וֹH8394Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 16

Cross-references

Psalms 135:7Classic cross-references Jeremiah 14:22Classic cross-references Genesis 7:11Classic cross-references Jonah 1:4Classic cross-references Psalms 18:13Classic cross-references

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When He thundersלְק֨וֹלH6963Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct. . .תִּתּ֜וֹH5414Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singularthe watersמַ֙יִם֙H4325Noun - masculine pluralin the heavensבַּשָּׁמַ֔יִםH8064Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluralroarהֲמ֥וֹןH1995Noun - masculine singular constructHe causes the cloudsנְשִׂאִ֖יםH5387Noun - masculine pluralto riseוַיַּ֥עַלH5927Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularfrom the endsמִקְצֵה־H7097Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructof the earthאָ֑רֶץH776Noun - feminine singularHe generatesעָשָׂ֔הH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe lightningבְּרָקִ֤יםH1300Noun - masculine pluralwith the rainלַמָּטָר֙H4306Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularand brings forthוַיֹּ֥צֵאH3318Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthe windר֖וּחַH7307Noun - common singularfrom His storehousesמֵאֹצְרֹתָֽיו׃H214Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 17

Cross-references

Jeremiah 10:14Classic cross-references Habakkuk 2:18Classic cross-references Isaiah 44:18Classic cross-references Jeremiah 2:5Classic cross-references Psalms 14:2Classic cross-references

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Everyכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructmanאָדָם֙H120Noun - masculine singularis senselessנִבְעַ֤רH1197Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularand devoid of knowledgeמִדַּ֔עַתH1847Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singulareveryכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructgoldsmithצֹרֵ֖ףH6884Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularis put to shameהֹבִ֥ישׁH954Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularby his idolsמִפָּ֑סֶלH6459Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singularForכִּ֛יH3588Conjunctionhis molten imagesנִסְכּ֖וֹH5262Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularare a fraudשֶׁ֥קֶרH8267Noun - masculine singularand [there is] noוְלֹא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlebreathר֥וּחַH7307Noun - common singularin themבָּֽם׃Preposition | third person masculine plural

Verse 18

Cross-references

Jeremiah 10:11Classic cross-references Jeremiah 10:15Classic cross-references

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Theyהֵ֔מָּהH1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluralare worthlessהֶ֣בֶלH1892Noun - masculine singulara workמַעֲשֵׂ֖הH4639Noun - masculine singular constructto be mockedתַּעְתֻּעִ֑יםH8595Noun - masculine pluralIn the timeבְּעֵ֥תH6256Preposition-b | Noun - common singular constructof their punishmentפְּקֻדָּתָ֖םH6486Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralthey will perishיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃H6Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural

Verse 19

Cross-references

Jeremiah 32:17Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 32:9Classic cross-references Jeremiah 10:16Classic cross-references Psalms 73:26Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:9Classic cross-references

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The Portionחֵ֣לֶקH2506Noun - masculine singular constructof Jacobיַעֲק֗וֹבH3290Noun - proper - masculine singularis notלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlelike theseכְאֵ֜לֶּהH428Preposition-k | Pronoun - common pluralforכִּֽי־H3588ConjunctionHeה֔וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularis the Makerיוֹצֵ֤רH3335Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular constructof all thingsהַכֹּל֙H3605Article | Noun - masculine singularand of the tribeוְשֵׁ֖בֶטH7626Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof His inheritanceנַחֲלָת֑וֹH5159Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularthe LORDיְהוָ֥הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularof Hostsצְבָא֖וֹתH6635Noun - common pluralis His nameשְׁמֽוֹ׃סH8034Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

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