Isaiah 40:12

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The Lord is Incomparable Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

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  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you can know!
  • Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And,“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands. 11 They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment, 12 and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.”
  • Ps 102:25-26 : 25 In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork. 26 They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.
  • Ps 104:2-3 : 2 He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain, 3 and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.
  • Isa 48:13 : 13 Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together.
  • Job 38:4-9 : 4 God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding! 5 Who set its measurements– if you know– or who stretched a measuring line across it? 6 On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone– 7 when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 “Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb, 9 when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, 10 when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors, 11 when I said,‘To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined’?
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 The Great White Throne Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
  • Prov 8:26-28 : 26 before he made the earth and its fields, or the top soil of the world. 27 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep, 28 when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep,
  • Job 11:7-9 : 7 “Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty? 8 It is higher than the heavens– what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol– what can you know? 9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
  • Job 28:25 : 25 When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge,

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    24For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.

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    13Who comprehends the mind of the LORD, or gives him instruction as his counselor?

    14From whom does he receive directions? Who teaches him the correct way to do things, or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in skillful design?

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    9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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    12The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

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    15He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

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    6He took his battle position and shook the earth; with a mere look he frightened the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrated; the primeval hills were flattened. His are ancient roads.

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    21Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

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    11Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

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    4The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

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  • Job 38:37
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    37Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

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    16Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

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    7He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

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    18To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?

  • Isa 40:26
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    26Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.

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    5This is what the true God, the LORD, says– the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:

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    8he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

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    13Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together.

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    9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this,

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    10He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.

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    12“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

  • Prov 16:11
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    11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

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    3and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

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    18will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

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    18Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!

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    50Did my hand not make all these things?’

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    13Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world?

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    28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is an eternal God, the Creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.

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    13He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow.