Isaiah 42:5

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.”

Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

“Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?

For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”

For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.

The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the former of all things; including the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.

He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

“All of God’s works are known to him from eternity.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,

The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace;’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, the prophets tell them, ‘You will not see the sword, neither will you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.’ ”

When I prophesied, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,

But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and seize his inheritance.’

For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’ ”

“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;

‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.

Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?

Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens. I have commanded all their army.

For Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Yahweh. There is no other.

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.

‘I have made the earth, the men, and the animals that are on the surface of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm. I give it to whom it seems right to me.

He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.

in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

to him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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,

Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;

For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.

“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.

but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, or hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.

It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.

A revelation, Yahweh’s word concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,

By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth.

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.

Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?

God has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.

So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”

“He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom. By his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die.

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

And, “You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?