Isaiah 40:22

It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:

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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

In Context

21Have all of you not known? have all of you not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have all of you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

23That brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as vanity.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Job 22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.

Job 36:29Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.

Psalms 29:10The LORD sits upon the flood; yea, the LORD sits King for ever.

Psalms 102:25Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and 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 →

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