Jeremiah 10:12

He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 you say vnto them, The gods that haue not made the heauens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, and from vnder these heauens)

13Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6Againe God said, Let there be a firmament in the mids of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.

Job 9:8Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.

Job 38:4Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast vnderstanding,

Psalms 33:6By the worde of the Lord were the heauens made, and all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.

Psalms 78:69And he built his Sanctuarie as an high palace, like the earth, which he stablished for euer.

Psalms 104:2Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.

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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