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14 The Lord Almighty has made this strong promise

with the authority of his own name:
‘I will cause the enemy's soldiers to fill your cities.
They will come like a big crowd of locusts.
They will shout loudly when they take your city for themselves.’

A song to praise the Lord[a]

15 The Lord used his power to make the earth.
    He used his wisdom to make it strong.
He knew how to put the sky to cover the earth.
16 When he shouts like thunder,
    the water in the sky roars.
He brings the clouds from the far places of the earth.
    He causes bright lightning to show in the storms.
He opens his rooms so that the wind comes out
    and it blows everywhere.

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Footnotes

  1. 51:15 See Jeremiah 10:12-16.

14 The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself:(A)
    I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts,(B)
    and they will shout(C) in triumph over you.

15 “He made the earth by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom(D)
    and stretched(E) out the heavens by his understanding.(F)
16 When he thunders,(G) the waters in the heavens roar;
    he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain(H)
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.(I)

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