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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 51:15 - 51:15
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Repeated from Jer 10:12-16; except that “Israel” is not in the Hebrew of Jer 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 Jer 10:1-25 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” (Jer 51:13); but God can, by merely “uttering His voice,” create “many waters” (Jer 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. (Jer 51:15). Such an Almighty Being can be at no loss for resources to effect His purpose against Babylon.