Isaiah 45:12 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 45:12

It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.

BSB

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ASV

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.

KJV

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 9 and following) Woe to those who contradict their maker, a pot made of clay, and say to the one who formed them, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no hands.' Woe to those who say to their father, 'What are you begetting?' or to their mother, 'What are you in labor with?' This is what the Lord says, the Holy One of Israel, and its maker: Ask me about the things to come, concerning my children, and about the work of my hands, give me orders.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

A challenge given to the worshippers of idols and their doom read, and satisfaction given to the worshippers of the true God and their comfort secured, with an eye to the Mediator, who is made of God to us both righteousness and sanctification,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The same argument for prayer, drawn from God's omnipotence and consequent power, to grant any request, occurs in Isa 40:26-31. I, even my hands--so Hebrew (Ps 41:2), "Thou . . . thy hand" (both nominatives, in apposition).

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָֽנֹכִי֙	'a.no.Khi	I	H595 →
עָשִׂ֣יתִי	'a.Si.ti	I made	H6213 →
אֶ֔רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] earth	H776 →
וְאָדָ֖ם	ve.'a.Dam	and humankind	H120 →
עָלֶ֣יהָ	'a.Lei.ha	on it	H5921 →
בָרָ֑אתִי	va.Ra.ti	I created	H1254 →
אֲנִ֗י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
יָדַי֙	ya.Dai	hands my	H3027 →
נָט֣וּ	na.Tu	they stretched out	H5186 →
שָׁמַ֔יִם	sha.Ma.yim	[the] heavens	H8064 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
צְבָאָ֖ם	tze.va.'Am	host their	H6635 →
צִוֵּֽיתִי׃	tzi.Vei.ti	I commanded	H6680 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 42:5
This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to…
leads to
- Isaiah 40:22
  He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
- Jeremiah 10:12
  The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Zechariah 12:1
  This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man…
- Isaiah 48:13
  Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
- Psalms 104:2–35
  He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Through
Nehemiah 9:6
You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give…
leads to
- Genesis 1:1
  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 37:16
  “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
Through
Isaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
leads to
- Isaiah 45:18
  For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah