The Creation

In the beginning(A) God created the heavens and the earth.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:1 Or created the universe

26 Look up[a] and see:
who created(A) these?
He brings out the starry host by number;
He calls all of them by name.(B)
Because of His great power and strength,
not one of them is missing.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:26 Lit Lift up your eyes on high

26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:(A)
    Who created(B) all these?
He who brings out the starry host(C) one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,(D)
    not one of them is missing.(E)

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28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Yahweh is the everlasting God,(A)
the Creator of the whole earth.
He never grows faint or weary;
there is no limit to His understanding.(B)

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28 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(A)
The Lord is the everlasting(B) God,
    the Creator(C) of the ends of the earth.(D)
He will not grow tired or weary,(E)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.(F)

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20 so that all may see and know,
consider and understand,
that the hand of the Lord has done this,(A)
the Holy One of Israel has created(B) it.

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20 so that people may see and know,(A)
    may consider and understand,(B)
that the hand(C) of the Lord has done this,
    that the Holy One(D) of Israel has created(E) it.

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Restoration of Israel

43 Now this is what the Lord says—
the One who created you, Jacob,
and the One who formed you, Israel(A)
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;(B)
I have called you by your name; you are Mine.(C)

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Israel’s Only Savior

43 But now, this is what the Lord says—
    he who created(A) you, Jacob,
    he who formed(B) you, Israel:(C)
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed(D) you;
    I have summoned you by name;(E) you are mine.(F)

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everyone called by My name
and created for My glory.
I have formed him; indeed, I have made him.”

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everyone who is called by my name,(A)
    whom I created(B) for my glory,(C)
    whom I formed and made.(D)

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15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One,
the Creator of Israel, your King.

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15 I am the Lord,(A) your Holy One,
    Israel’s Creator,(B) your King.(C)

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I form light and create darkness,(A)
I make success and create disaster;(B)
I, Yahweh, do all these things.

“Heavens, sprinkle from above,
and let the skies shower righteousness.(C)
Let the earth open up
so that salvation will sprout
and righteousness will spring up with it.(D)
I, Yahweh, have created it.

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I form the light and create darkness,(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

“You heavens above, rain(C) down my righteousness;(D)
    let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
    let salvation(E) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
    I, the Lord, have created it.

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A New Creation

17 “For I will create a new heaven and a new earth;(A)
the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.
18 Then be glad and rejoice forever
in what I am creating;
for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy
and its people to be a delight.

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New Heavens and a New Earth

17 “See, I will create
    new heavens and a new earth.(A)
The former things will not be remembered,(B)
    nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice(C) forever
    in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem(D) to be a delight
    and its people a joy.

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