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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)

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he alone stretched out the heavens
    and trampled the waves of the Sea;[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.8 Or trampled the back of the sea dragon

Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath

When God began to create[a] the heavens and the earth,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.1 Or In the beginning God created

Zion’s Children to Be Brought Home

Thus says the Lord:
In a time of favor I have answered you;
    on a day of salvation I have helped you;
I have kept you and given you
    as a covenant to the people,[a]
to establish the land,
    to apportion the desolate heritages,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 49.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain

God’s Wisdom in Creation

19 The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;
    by understanding he established the heavens;(A)

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for he has founded it on the seas
    and established it on the rivers.

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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)

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16 for in[a] him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.16 Or by

All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being(A)

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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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15 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)
16 When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
    and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightnings for the rain,
    and he brings out the wind from his storehouses.(B)
17 Everyone is stupid and without knowledge;
    goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols,
for their images are false,
    and there is no breath in them.(C)
18 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
    at the time of their punishment they shall perish.(D)
19 Not like these is the portion of Jacob,
    for he is the one who formed all things,
and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
    the Lord of hosts is his name.(E)

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17 “Ah Lord God! It is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.(A)

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13 When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
    and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.(A)

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