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Listen to Isaiah 40:21-22, Isaiah 40:26, Isaiah 40:28
21(A)Do you not know? Do you not hear?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are (B)like grasshoppers;
(C)who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
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Cross references
- Isaiah 40:21 : ver. 28; [Acts 14:17; Rom. 1:19, 20]
- Isaiah 40:22 : [Num. 13:33]
- Isaiah 40:22 : Job 9:8; Ps. 104:2
21(A)Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who (B)stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a (C)tent to dwell in.
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Cross references
- Isaiah 40:21 : Ps. 19:1; Is. 37:26; Acts 14:17; Rom. 1:19
- Isaiah 40:22 : Job 9:8; Ps. 104:2; Is. 42:5; 44:24; Jer. 10:12
- Isaiah 40:22 : Job 36:29; Ps. 19:4
21Do you not know?
Have you not heard?(A)
Has it not been told(B) you from the beginning?(C)
Have you not understood(D) since the earth was founded?(E)
22He sits enthroned(F) above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.(G)
He stretches out the heavens(H) like a canopy,(I)
and spreads them out like a tent(J) to live in.(K)
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Cross references
- Isaiah 40:21 : ver 28; 2Ki 19:25; Isa 41:22; 42:9; 44:8; 48:3, 5
- Isaiah 40:21 : Ps 19:1; 50:6; Ac 14:17
- Isaiah 40:21 : S Ge 1:1
- Isaiah 40:21 : Ro 1:19
- Isaiah 40:21 : Isa 48:13; 51:13
- Isaiah 40:22 : S 2Ch 6:18; S Ps 2:4
- Isaiah 40:22 : S Nu 13:33
- Isaiah 40:22 : S Ge 1:1; S Isa 48:13
- Isaiah 40:22 : S Ge 1:8; S Job 22:14
- Isaiah 40:22 : S Job 36:29
- Isaiah 40:22 : S Job 26:7
26Lift up your eyes on high and see:
who created these?
(A)He who brings out their host by number,
calling them all by name;
by the greatness of his might
and because he is strong in power,
not one is missing.
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Cross references
- Isaiah 40:26 : Ps. 147:4
26Lift up your eyes on high,
And see who has created these things,
Who brings out their host by number;
(A)He calls them all by name,
By the greatness of His might
And the strength of His power;
Not one is missing.
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Cross references
- Isaiah 40:26 : Ps. 147:4
26Lift 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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Cross references
- Isaiah 40:26 : Isa 51:6
- Isaiah 40:26 : ver 28; Ps 89:11-13; Isa 42:5; 66:2
- Isaiah 40:26 : S 2Ki 17:16; S Ne 9:6; S Job 38:32
- Isaiah 40:26 : S Job 9:4; S Isa 45:24; Eph 1:19
- Isaiah 40:26 : S Isa 34:16
28Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is (A)the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
(B)his understanding is unsearchable.
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Cross references
- Isaiah 40:28 : [Ps. 121:4]
- Isaiah 40:28 : Ps. 147:5
28Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
(A)His understanding is unsearchable.
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Cross references
- Isaiah 40:28 : Ps. 147:5; Eccl. 11:5; Rom. 11:33
28Do 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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Cross references
- Isaiah 40:28 : S ver 21
- Isaiah 40:28 : S Dt 33:27; S Ps 90:2
- Isaiah 40:28 : S ver 26
- Isaiah 40:28 : S Isa 37:16
- Isaiah 40:28 : Isa 44:12
- Isaiah 40:28 : S Ps 147:5; Ro 11:33
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