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Jeremiah 51:16

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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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Jeremiah 51:16 in other translations

When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

Jeremiah 51:16 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 51:16 in context

  1. 14Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself, saying,
    ‘Surely I will fill you with men,
    as with the canker worm;
    and they will lift up a shout against you.’
  2. 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.
  3. 16When 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.
  4. 17“Every man has become brutish without knowledge.
    Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image;
    for his molten image is falsehood,
    and there is no breath in them.
  5. 18They are vanity,
    a work of delusion.
    In the time of their visitation, they will perish.