Jeremiah 10:12

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

Leeser Tanakh

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

11Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, shall perish away from the earth, and from under these heavens.

13At the sound when he giveth a multitude of waters in the heavens, and causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; when he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures:

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be an expansion in the midst of the waters, and let it divide between waters and waters.

Job 9:8Who spread out the heavens by himself alone, and treadeth upon the hillocks of the sea;

Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell it, if thou hast any understanding [of it].

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

Psalms 78:69And he built like high [mountains] his sanctuary, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.

Psalms 104:2[Thou art he] who wrappeth himself in light as with a garment; who stretcheth 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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