Jeremiah 10:12

Lexham English Bible

Contextual Overview

¹ Hear the word that Yahweh speaks to you, O house of Israel. ² Thus says Yahweh: "You must not learn the way of the nations, and you must not be dismayed by the signs of the heavens, for the nations are dismayed by them. ³ For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, for it is a tree cut down from the forest, the work of the hands of a craftsman with the tool. ⁴ He decorates it with silver and gold, they strengthen it with nails and hammers, so that it does not stagger. ⁵ They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, they cannot speak. Indeed, they must be carried, for they cannot march. You must not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil; furthermore, to do good is not in them." ⁶ There is none like you, O Yahweh, you are great and your name is great in might. ⁷ Who would not revere you, O king of the nations? For you it is fitting. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like you. ⁸ At the same time they are stupid and foolish, in the instruction of idols, it is wood. ⁹ Silver beaten from Tarshish is brought, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and the hands of the goldsmith. Blue and purple are their clothing, all of them are the work of skillful people. ¹⁰ But Yahweh is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king. Because of his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his anger.

Bible Verse Review
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hath made: Jeremiah 32:17, Jeremiah 51:15-19, Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:6-9, Job 38:4-7, Psalms 33:6, Psalms 136:5, Psalms 136:6, Psalms 146:5, Psalms 146:6, Psalms 148:4, Psalms 148:5, John 1:3, Colossians 1:16

established: Psalms 24:2, Psalms 78:69, Psalms 93:1, Psalms 119:90, Proverbs 3:19, Proverbs 30:4, Isaiah 45:18, Isaiah 49:8

stretched: Job 9:8, Job 26:7, Psalms 104:2, Psalms 104:24, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 44:24, Isaiah 45:12, Isaiah 48:13, Zechariah 12:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:1 - Thus 1 Chronicles 16:26 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 16:30 - stable 2 Chronicles 32:13 - were the gods Nehemiah 9:6 - thou hast Job 12:13 - wisdom Job 36:5 - mighty Job 36:24 - magnify Job 37:16 - perfect Psalms 19:1 - The heavens Psalms 28:5 - operation Psalms 96:5 - For Proverbs 8:27 - he prepared Proverbs 24:3 - it is Isaiah 31:2 - he also Isaiah 40:26 - who hath Isaiah 51:13 - that hath Jeremiah 10:16 - former Jeremiah 27:5 - made Jeremiah 51:16 - he uttereth John 1:10 - and the world was

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He hath made the earth by his power,.... The Targum considers these words as a continuation of the answer of the Jews to the Chaldeans, paraphrasing them thus,

"and so shall ye say unto them, `we worship him who hath made the earth by his power':''

who stands opposed to the gods that made not the heavens and the earth, that had no title to deity, nor right to worship; but the true God has both; and his making the earth out of nothing, and hanging it upon nothing, and preserving it firm and stable, are proofs of his almighty power, and so of his deity; and consequently that he ought to be worshipped, and he only.

He hath established the world by his wisdom; upon the rivers and floods; or he hath poised it in the air; or he hath disposed it in an orderly, regular, and beautiful manner, as the word u used signifies; by making it terraqueous, partly land, and partly water; by opening in it fountains and rivers; by diversifying it with hills and vales, with wood and arable land, c. all which show the wisdom as well as the power of God.

And hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion; as a canopy over the earth, as a tent to dwell in; and which is beautifully bespangled with the luminaries in it; hence it has the name of expanse, or the firmament of heaven.

u מכין "aptavit", Cocceius; "preparans", Schmidt; a כון "aptavit, disposuit", Gussetius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Discretion - Or, understanding. The three attributes ascribed to the Creator are very remarkable. The creation of the earth, the material world, is an act of “power;” the “establishing,” i. e., the ordering and arranging it as a place fit for man’s abode, is the work of his “wisdom;” while the spreading out the heavens over it like a tent is an act of “understanding,” or skill. Naturally, the consideration of these attributes has led many to see here an allusion to the Holy Trinity.