Jeremiah 51:15-17

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¹⁵ “The Lord made the earth by his power.
    He used his wisdom to ·build [^Lestablish] the world
    and his understanding to stretch out the ·skies [heavens; Prov. 3:19–20; 8:22–31].
¹⁶ When he ·thunders [^Lgives forth his voice], the waters in the skies roar.
    He makes ·clouds [mist] rise ·all over [^Lfrom the ends of] the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

¹⁷ “People are so stupid and know so little.
    Goldsmiths are ·made ashamed [humiliated] by their idols,
because those statues are ·only false gods [^Ldeceptive].
    They have no breath in them.