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 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)
Daniel 7:9
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Judgment before the Ancient One
9 As I watched,
thrones were set in place,
and an Ancient One[a] took his throne;
his clothing was white as snow
and the hair of his head like pure wool;
his throne was fiery flames,
and its wheels were burning fire.(A)
Footnotes
- 7.9 Aram an Ancient of Days
1 John 1:5
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God Is Light
5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.(A)
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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
1 Timothy 6:16
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16 It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.(A)
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Matthew 17:2
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2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright as light.
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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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Isaiah 45:12
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12 I made the earth
and created humankind upon it;
it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their host.(A)
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