Jeremiah 10:10-12

Idols and the Living God

10 u But the Lord is the true God;
v he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

11 Thus shall you say to them: w "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth x shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens." 1

12 y It is he who z made the earth by his power,
z who established the world by his wisdom,
and a by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:4
    The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
    Psalms 31:5
    Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 42:2
    My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 96:5
    For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 10:15
    They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
    Isaiah 2:18
    And the idols shall utterly pass away.
    Zechariah 13:2
    And on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 10:12 - 16
    It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
    Jeremiah 51:15 - 19
    It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 1:1
    In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
    Genesis 1:6
    And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.
    Genesis 1:9
    And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
    Psalms 104:5
    He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
    Proverbs 3:19
    The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 1:1
    In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
    Genesis 1:6
    And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.
    Genesis 1:9
    And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
    Psalms 104:5
    He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
    Proverbs 3:19
    The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
  8. Cross References
    Job 9:8
    Who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the sea.
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