Yēlìmǐshū 10:12

12 Yēhéhuá yòng nénglì chuàngzào dàdì , yòng zhìhuì jiànlì shìjiè , yòng cōngming pū zhāng qióng cāng .

Yēlìmǐshū 10:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 10:12

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 ^F21 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; 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (Nykm) "aptavit", Cocceius; "preparans", Schmidt; a (Nwk) "aptavit, disposuit", Gussetius.

Yēlìmǐshū 10:12 In-Context

10 Wéi Yēhéhuá shì zhēn shén , shì huó shén , shì yǒngyuǎn de wáng . tā yī fānù , dàdì zhèndòng . tā yī nǎohèn , liè guó dōu dāndāng bù qǐ .

11 Nǐmen yào duì tāmen rúcǐ shuō , bú shì nà chuàngzào tiāndì de shén , bì cóng dì shang cóng tiān xià beì chúmiĕ .

12 Yēhéhuá yòng nénglì chuàngzào dàdì , yòng zhìhuì jiànlì shìjiè , yòng cōngming pū zhāng qióng cāng .

13 Tā yī fā shēng , kōng zhōng biàn yǒu duō shuǐ jīdòng . tā shǐ yúnwù cóng dìjí shang téng . tā zào diàn suí yǔ ér Shǎn , cóng tā fǔ kù zhōng daì chū fēng lái .

14 Gèrén dōu chéng le chùleì , haó wúzhī shí . gĕ yín jiàng dōu yīn tā diāokè de ǒuxiàng xiūkuì . tā suǒ zhù de ǒuxiàng bĕn shì xūjiǎ de , qízhōng bìng wú qìxī ,