John Gill Commentary 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:" — Jeremiah 10:12 (ASV)

He has 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 you say unto them, 'we worship him who has made the earth by his power':" who stands opposed to the gods that made not the heavens and the earth, that has 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 has established the world by his wisdom;
upon the rivers and floods; or he has poised it in the air; or he has 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 has 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.