Jeremiah 10:12

He made the earth by his power, he prepared the world in his wisdom, and he stretched out the heavens with his understanding.

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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

11“And so, you shall speak to them in this way: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth and from among those places which are under heaven.

13At his voice, he grants a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth. He causes the lightning with the rain, and he leads forth the wind from his storehouses.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6God also said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters.”

Job 9:8He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.

Job 38:4Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

Psalms 33:6Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded.

Psalms 104:2Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.

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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