Jeremiah 10:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Jeremiah 10:12 - Albert 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., t...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Folly of Idolatry, This passage (like Jeremiah 9:23-26 ) interrupts the connexion of Jeremiah 9:22 and Jeremiah 10:17 ; its denunciation of the idols of the heathen as utterly futile for go...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

world . the habitable world. Hebrew. tebel. discretion . understanding.
Jeremiah 10:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah speaks now again in Hebrew, for he on purpose spoke in Chaldee, to shew that the ungodly were not to be given way to, if they blasphemed and wantonly derided the holy name of God. But...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Jeremiah 10:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Jeremiah 10:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-16. The folly of idolatry. This section of the prophecy is of doubtful authorship. For ( a ) it introduces a break in the sense; ( b ) there is less smoothness between the parts than we generall...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He hath made... he hath established. — The words are participial in form, making ... establishing, and complete the list of divine attributes in Jeremiah 10:10 , contrasting the creative migh...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VI THE IDOLS OF THE HEATHEN AND THE GOD OF ISRAEL Jeremiah 10:1-16 THIS fine piece is altogether isolated from the surrounding context, which it interrupts in a very surprising manner....
Jeremiah 10:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Folly of Idolatry Jeremiah 10:1-10 ; Jeremiah 19:1-15 ; Jeremiah 20:1-18 ; Jeremiah 21:1-14 ; Jeremiah 22:1-30 ; Jeremiah 23:1-40 ; Jeremiah 24:1-10 ; Jeremiah 25:1-38 Jeremiah 10:1...
Jeremiah 10:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the third movement in the commissioning of the prophet. In it the sin of idolatry is first dealt with. The prophet revealed the unutterable folly of idolatry in a powerful contrast betwee...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is most striking sermon, and very highly finished, in which the Prophet, in the Lord's name, asserts his divine nature and sovereignty: and then displays the folly of idols. The words are so pla...
Jeremiah 10:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
Jeremiah 10:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 12. He hath made the earth by his power. ] Here we ha...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He hath made the earth , &c. Here follows a noble and lofty description of God's power and providence, whereby he sets forth his infinite pre-eminence above all the dead and senseless idols of t...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. B. C. 606. 1 Hear ye the word which the...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In this and the next verse the prophet enumerates some particulars wherein he is transcendently above all creatures which he hath made, much more above idols, which are the works of man's hands. The...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The House Of Israel Are Not To Learn The Way Of The Nations Because, While YHWH Is Great Beyond Describing, Their Idols Are Utterly Futile ( Jeremiah 10:1-16 ). This passage, in a sequence of vers...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the chapter . Section 1–16 has been declared spurious (by De Wette, Movers, and Hitzig), its authenticity disputed, a late interpolation by either the...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 10:1-2 . Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the he...
Jeremiah 10:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:2 . Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; at the position of revolving planets on which the augurs found predictions, and discover their ignorance. Be not dismayed at solar eclipses,...
Jeremiah 10:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Whoever wrote the prophecy in Jeremiah 10:1-24 of this chapter, it was not Jeremiah; but of course, as the passage forms part of a canonical book, its claims to the character of a S...
Jeremiah 10:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nothingness of Idols
Jeremiah 10:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 1:16 ; Genesis 1:1 ; Genesis 1:6-9 ; Isaiah 40:22 ; Isaiah 42:5 ; Isaiah 44:24 ; Isaiah 45:12 ; Isaiah 45:18 ; Isaiah 48:13 ; Isaiah 49:8 ; Jeremiah 32:17 ; Jeremiah 51:15-19 ;...

Jeremiah 10:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 10:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 10:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 10:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 10:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 10:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 10:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 10:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 10:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge