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Jeremiah 51

Jer. 51:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hes hath made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
by his power
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
, he hath established
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
the world
tebel (Hebrew #8398)
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. land, as Babylonia, Palestine
KJV usage: habitable part, world.
Pronounce: tay-bale'
Origin: from 2986
by his wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
, and hath stretchedt out
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
the heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
by his understanding
tabuwn (Hebrew #8394)
or towbunah {to-boo-naw'}; from 995; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: taw-boon'
Origin: and (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}
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hath made.
Jer. 10:12‑16• 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
13When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
14Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
15They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
16The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
(Jer. 10:12‑16)
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Jer. 32:17• 17Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm; there is nothing too hard for thee: (Jer. 32:17)
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Gen. 1:1‑6• 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.
4And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.
5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day.
6And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
(Gen. 1:1‑6)
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Psa. 107:25• 25For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof: (Psa. 107:25)
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Psa. 146:5‑6• 5Blessed is he who hath the *God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,
6Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;
(Psa. 146:5‑6)
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Psa. 148:1‑5• 1Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah from the heavens; praise him in the heights.
2Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.
3Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.
4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
5Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:
(Psa. 148:1‑5)
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Isa. 40:26• 26Lift up your eyes on high, and see! Who hath created these things, bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; through the greatness of his might and strength of power, not one faileth. (Isa. 40:26)
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Acts 14:15• 15and saying, Men, why do ye these things? *We* also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them; (Acts 14:15)
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Acts 17:24• 24The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands, (Acts 17:24)
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Rom. 1:20• 20--for from the world's creation the invisible things of him are perceived, being apprehended by the mind through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity,--so as to render them inexcusable. (Rom. 1:20)
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Col. 1:16‑17• 16because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for him.
17And *he* is before all, and all things subsist together by him.
(Col. 1:16‑17)
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Heb. 1:2‑3• 2at the end of these days has spoken to us in the person of the Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3who being the effulgence of his glory and the expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made by himself the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high,
(Heb. 1:2‑3)
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Rev. 4:11• 11Thou art worthy, O our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honour and power; for *thou* hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created. (Rev. 4:11)
by his wisdom.
and hath.
Job 9:8• 8Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea; (Job 9:8)
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Psa. 104:2• 2Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain;-- (Psa. 104:2)
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Isa. 40:22• 22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; (Isa. 40:22)
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Isa. 42:5• 5Thus saith *God, Jehovah, he that created the heavens and stretched them out, he that spread forth the earth and its productions, he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: (Isa. 42:5)
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Isa. 44:24• 24Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, the maker of all things; who alone stretched out the heavens, who did spread forth the earth by myself; (Isa. 44:24)
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Isa. 45:12• 12It is I that have made the earth, and created man upon it; it is I, my hands, that have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. (Isa. 45:12)
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Isa. 48:13• 13Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread abroad the heavens: I call unto them, they stand up together. (Isa. 48:13)
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Isa. 51:13• 13and forgettest Jehovah thy Maker, who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou art afraid continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepareth to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor? (Isa. 51:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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eHe hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

JND Translation Notes

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Cf. vers. 15-19 with ch. 10.12-16.