Jeremiah says the LORD made the earth by his power and established the world by his wisdom (Jeremiah 10:12). He contrasts the living God and everlasting King with lifeless idols (Jeremiah 10:10).
In Jeremiah 10:12–16 the prophet contrasts the God who made and governs the cosmos with the human-made idols that cannot even breathe. God’s power, wisdom, and understanding are displayed in creation and in weather that responds to his voice. By comparison, craftsmen and their images are exposed as empty and shameful. This unit sits inside a broader speech that warns Judah not to copy the nations’ religious habits and mocks the making of idols (Jeremiah 10:1–16).
These verses set up a sharp contrast: Israel’s God is the maker and ruler of the created world, while idols are human products with no real life in them. The text makes explicit claims about God’s power, wisdom, and understanding in creation (verse 12) and about his ongoing rule shown in storms and weather responding to his “voice” (verse 13).
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Jeremiah 10:12, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
12He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens: