Isaiah 40:22
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 out like a tent to dwell in,
World English Bible
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In Context
23who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
Cross References
Numbers 13:33There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”
Job 22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
Job 36:29Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?
Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
Psalms 29:10The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, the LORD sits as King forever.
Psalms 102:25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:19-27
Vanity of Idols. ( b. c. 708.) 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from… Read the whole commentary →