Isaiah 40:22
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22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
and spreads them like a tent to live in,(A)
Psalm 104:2
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2 wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent;(A)
Isaiah 42:5
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5 Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people upon it
and spirit to those who walk in it:(A)
Isaiah 66:1
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The Worship God Demands
66 Thus says the Lord:
Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
so what kind of house could you build for me,
what sort of place for me to rest?(A)
Proverbs 8:27
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27 When he established the heavens, I was there;
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,(A)
Jeremiah 10:12
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12 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.(A)
Hebrews 1:10-12
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10 And,
“In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands;(A)
11 they will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like clothing;(B)
12 like a cloak you will roll them up,
and like clothing[a] they will be changed.
But you are the same,
and your years will never end.”
Footnotes
- 1.12 Other ancient authorities lack like clothing
Isaiah 40:17
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17 All the nations are as nothing before him;
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.(A)
Psalm 68:33
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33 O rider in the heavens, the ancient heavens;
listen, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.(A)
Job 22:14
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14 Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see,
and he walks on the dome of heaven.’
Job 9:8
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Footnotes
- 9.8 Or trampled the back of the sea dragon
Isaiah 51:13
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13 You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.
You fear continually all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?(A)
Isaiah 44:24
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24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
who formed you in the womb:
I am the Lord, who made all things,
who alone stretched out the heavens,
who by myself spread out the earth;(A)
Isaiah 40:15
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15 Even the nations are like a drop from a bucket
and are accounted as dust on the scales;
see, he takes up the isles like fine dust.(A)
Psalm 2:4
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4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord has them in derision.(A)
Job 38:4-9
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4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.(A)
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone(B)
7 when the morning stars sang together
and all the heavenly beings[a] shouted for joy?(C)
8 “Or who shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,(D)
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and thick darkness its swaddling band,(E)
Footnotes
- 38.7 Heb sons of God
Numbers 13:33
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33 There we saw the Nephilim (the Anakites come from the Nephilim), and to ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”(A)
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Zechariah 12:1
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Jerusalem’s Victory
12 An Oracle.
The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within:(A)
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Psalm 102:25-26
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25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.(A)
26 They will perish, but you endure;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You change them like clothing, and they pass away,(B)
Psalm 29:10
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10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.(A)
Job 36:29
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29 Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds,
the thunderings of his pavilion?(A)
Isaiah 19:1
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An Oracle concerning Egypt
19 An oracle concerning Egypt.
See, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.(A)
Job 37:18
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18 Can you, like him, spread out the skies,
hard as a molten mirror?(A)
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