Jeremias 10:12

12 Mas foi Deus quem fez a terra com o seu poder,firmou o mundo com a sua sabedoriae estendeu os céus com o seu entendimento.

Jeremias 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.

Jeremias 10:12 In-Context

10 Mas o SENHOR é o Deus verdadeiro;ele é o Deus vivo; o rei eterno.Quando ele se ira, a terra treme;as nações não podem suportar o seu furor.

11 “Digam-lhes isto: Estes deuses, que não fizeram nem os céus nem a terra, desaparecerão da terra e de debaixo dos céus”.

12 Mas foi Deus quem fez a terra com o seu poder,firmou o mundo com a sua sabedoriae estendeu os céus com o seu entendimento.

13 Ao som do seu trovão, as águas no céu rugem,e formam-se nuvens desde os confins da terra.Ele faz os relâmpagos para a chuvae dos seus depósitos faz sair o vento.

14 Esses homens todos são estúpidos e ignorantes;cada ourives é envergonhado pela imagem que esculpiu.Suas imagens esculpidas são uma fraude,elas não têm fôlego de vida.