Isaiah 40:22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 The one who is enthroned above the vault of the earth,
its inhabitants like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a veil
and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,(A)
Isaiah 40:26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 Lift up your eyes on high
and see who created[a] these:
He leads out their army and numbers them,
calling them all by name.
By his great might and the strength of his power
not one of them is missing!(A)
Footnotes
- 40:26 Created: see note on Gn 1:1–2:3. By name: for he is their Creator.
Isaiah 45:12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 It was I who made the earth
and created the people upon it;
It was my hands that stretched out the heavens;
I gave the order to all their host.
Isaiah 45:18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
18 For thus says the Lord,
The creator of the heavens,
who is God,
The designer and maker of the earth
who established it,
Not as an empty waste[a] did he create it,
but designing it to be lived in:
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
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