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Jeremiah 51:16

Verse 16 of 64. The 51st of 52 chapters in Jeremiah, in The Major Prophets.

12Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon! Make the watch strong! Set the watchmen, and prepare the ambushes; for the LORD has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

13You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.

14The LORD of Armies has sworn by himself, saying, ‘Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts, and they will lift up a shout against you.’

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.

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.

17“Every man has become stupid and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image, for his molten images are falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

18They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.

19The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he formed all things, including the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of Armies is his name.

20“You are my battle ax and weapons of war. With you I will break the nations into pieces. With you I will destroy kingdoms.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.