Jeremiah 10:12

He made the earth by his power; He established the world by his wisdom, And by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

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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[[Thus shall ye say to them: The gods, that have not made the heavens and the earth, Shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.]]

13When he uttereth his voice there is an abundance of water in the heavens; He causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings with rain; He bringeth the wind from his storehouses.

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Cross References

Job 9:8He alone spreadeth out the heavens, And walketh upon the high waves of the sea.

Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding!

Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, And all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.

Psalms 78:69Where he built, like the heavens, his sanctuary; Like the earth, which he hath established for ever.

Psalms 104:2He covereth himself with light as with a garment; He spreadeth 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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