15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
15 "He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
15 "It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
15 By his power he made earth. His wisdom gave shape to the world. He crafted the cosmos.
15 He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, And stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
15 The Lord made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 51:15
Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-58
(Read Jeremiah 51:1-58)
The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we are, in the greatest depths, at the greatest distances, we are to remember the Lord our God; and in the times of the greatest fears and hopes, it is most needful to remember the Lord. The feeling excited by Babylon's fall is the same with the New Testament Babylon, Revelation 18:9,19. The ruin of all who support idolatry, infidelity, and superstition, is needful for the revival of true godliness; and the threatening prophecies of Scripture yield comfort in this view. The great seat of antichristian tyranny, idolatry, and superstition, the persecutor of true Christians, is as certainly doomed to destruction as ancient Babylon. Then will vast multitudes mourn for sin, and seek the Lord. Then will the lost sheep of the house of Israel be brought back to the fold of the good Shepherd, and stray no more. And the exact fulfilment of these ancient prophecies encourages us to faith in all the promises and prophecies of the sacred Scriptures.