Jeremiah 10:12
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:
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Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Job 9:8Which alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the 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 host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 78:69And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Psalms 104:2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest 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 →