Jeremiah 10:12

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

In Context

11This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.

13At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

Job 9:8By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

Job 38:4Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.

Psalms 78:69And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever.

Psalms 104:2You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:2-17

Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the Lord , Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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