Isaiah 48:13

Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hand	יָדִי֙ ya.Di	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
foundation	יָ֣סְדָה Ya.se.dah	H3245	to set (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
earth	אֶ֔רֶץ 'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular absolute
hand	וִֽימִינִ֖י vi.mi.Ni	H3225	the right hand or side (leg · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
spanned	טִפְּחָ֣ה ti.pe.Chah	H2946	to flatten out or extend (as a tent) · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
heavens	שָׁמָ֑יִם sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · noun, common masculine plural absolute
call	קֹרֵ֥א ko.Re'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
up	יַעַמְד֥וּ ya.'am.Du	H5975	to stand · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
together	יַחְדָּֽו yach.Dav	H3162	properly · adverb

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Cross-references

Psalms 102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Hebrews 1:10-12 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the…
Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not i…
Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by…
Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of i…
Psalms 119:89-91 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Isaiah 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a meas…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:9-15

The deliverance of God's people out of their captivity in Babylon was a thing upon many accounts so improbable that there was need of line upon line for the encouragement of the faith and hope of God's people concerning it. Two things were discouraging to them - their own unworthiness that God should do it for them and the many difficulties in the thing itself; now, in these verses, both these discouragements are removed, for here is, I. A reason why God would do it for them, though they were unworthy; not for their sake, be it known to them, but for his name's sake, for his own sake, Isa 48:9-11. 1. It is true they had been very provoking, and God had been justly angry with them. Their capt…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 48:13

spanned--measured out (Isa 40:12). when I call . . . stand up together-- (Isa 40:26; Jer 33:25). But it is not their creation so much which is meant, as that, like ministers of God, the heavens and the earth are prepared at His command to execute His decrees (Psa 119:91) [ROSENMULLER].

John Gill on Isaiah 48:13

Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth,.... Which is ascribed to the Wisdom, Word, and Son of God, Proverbs 3:19. This Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret of the left hand (k), seeing the work of the heavens is ascribed to the right hand in the following clause; the earth being less honourable than the heavens: and my right hand hath spanned the heavens; stretched them out as a curtain or canopy over the earth, and measured them out with a span, as easily as a man measures anything with his hand; see Isaiah 40:12, when I call unto them, they stand up together; or, "I called them, and they stood up together", as the Targum; and so may refer to the first creation of them, when at th…

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John Calvin on Isaiah 48:13

Surely my hand hath founded the earth. Here the Prophet explains more clearly what he meant in the preceding verse. After having spoken of God's constant and unvarying will toward us, he likewise praises God's power as manifested by the works which we daily behold. In these works the Lord may be said to present himself to our view; and, coming forth from his sanctuary, he approaches to us by means of them. And my right hand hath measured, or, hath upheld the heavens. Whether we translate tphchh (tippechah,) "Hath measured," or, "Hath upheld," the meaning will be the same; and we need not give ourselves much trouble about the interpretation of the word. By the word "measure" is denoted God's…

The Church Fathers

He is the Lord's right hand, indeed his two hands, by which he worked and constructed the universe.
— Tertullian, AGAINST HERMOGENES 45

"My right hand spread out the heavens," that is, I have flung out the heavens with my power and fixed them on high and spread out. [These words are said] in analogy with one who takes some clay and puts it on the wall or the roof of a house, where it sticks.
— Ishodad of Merv, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 48:13

Now the hand and the right arm is what God the Father calls his Son. And we often find him so called throughout Scripture. The divine Moses said, "Your right hand has been glorified in might, your right hand has shattered the enemies," and David the blessed said, "May your hand be strengthened, may your right arm be lifted up."
— Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 4:3.48:12-13

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Dictionary and topics

Christ Is God · As Jehovah, the First and the Last — As Jehovah, the First and the Last
Handbreadth · 4:5; — 4:5;
House · .Figurative — .Figurative
Power Of God, The · Expressed by the: Hand of God — Expressed by the: Hand of God

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 48:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:9-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 48:13

John Gill on Isaiah 48:13

John Calvin on Isaiah 48:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 48:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:9-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 48:13

John Gill on Isaiah 48:13

John Calvin on Isaiah 48:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 48:12-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 48:12-22

Rashi on Isaiah 48:12