Isaiah 42:5 Cross References - NSB

⁵ God created the heavens and stretched them out. He fashioned the earth and all that lives there. He gave life and breath to all its people. And now Jehovah God says to his servant:

¹⁰ God called the dry land earth. The gathering of the waters He called seas. God saw that it was good. ¹¹ Then God said: »Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them.« It was so. ¹² The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind. God saw that it was good.

²⁴ God said: »Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.« It was so. ²⁵ God made the wild animals according to their kinds. He made the livestock according to their kinds and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

⁷ Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.

¹⁰ »In his hand are the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

⁴ »The Spirit of God has made me. The Breath of the Almighty gives me life.

³ »As long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,

¹⁴ »If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to himself his spirit and his breath,

⁶ The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) The earth and all it contains the world and those who dwell in it belong to Jehovah. ² For He has ordained it upon the seas and decreed it upon the rivers.

²⁵ »You founded the earth of old. The heavens are the work of your hands. ²⁶ »They will perish, but you endure. All of them will wear out like a garment; like clothing you will renew them and they will be renewed.

² You cover yourself with light as with a cloak. You stretch out clouds in the sky like a curtain. ³ You lay the beams of your upper chambers in the waters. You make the clouds your chariot. You walk upon the wings of the wind. ⁴ You make the winds your messengers, the flaming fire your ministers. ⁵ You established the earth upon its foundations, so that it will not be unstable forever. ⁶ You covered it with the deep like a garment. The waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ They fled at your rebuke. At the sound of your thunder they hurried away. ⁸ The mountains rose and the valleys sank down to the place you appointed for them. ⁹ You set a boundary that they may not go beyond. They will not return to cover the earth. ¹⁰ You send watering springs to the valleys. They flow between the mountains. ¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. ¹² Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell. They lift up voices among the branches. ¹³ You water the mountains from your upper chambers. The earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works. ¹⁴ You cause the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the labor of man. That he may bring forth food from the earth, ¹⁵ And wine which makes man's heart glad. That he may make his face shine with oil, and food, which sustains man's heart. ¹⁶ Jehovah’s trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted, ¹⁷ Where the birds build their nests, the stork, whose home is the fir tree. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats. The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers. ¹⁹ You made the moon for the seasons. The sun knows the place of its setting. ²⁰ You appoint darkness and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about. ²¹ The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. ²² They withdraw at sunrise and lie down in their dens. ²³ Man goes to his work and to his labor until evening. ²⁴ O Jehovah, how many are your works! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your possessions. ²⁵ The sea is so big and wide with many creatures, living things both large and small. ²⁶ Ships sail on it, and Leviathan (great sea animal), which you made, plays in it. ²⁷ All of them wait for you to give them their food at the proper time. ²⁸ You give it to them, and they gather it up. You open your hand, and they are satisfied with many blessings. ²⁹ You hide your face, and they are frightened. You take away their breath, and they die and return to dust. ³⁰ You send out your Spirit, and they are created. You renew the face of the earth. ³¹ Let the glory of Jehovah endure forever. May Jehovah find joy in his works. ³² He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. ³³ I will sing to Jehovah throughout my life. I will make music to praise my God as long as I live. ³⁴ May my thoughts be pleasing to him. I will find joy in Jehovah. ³⁵ Let sinners be consumed from the world. Let the wicked no longer exist. Bless Jehovah with all my being! Praise Jehovah!

⁶ To him who spread out the earth above the waters. His loving kindness is everlasting.

²⁴ »I am Jehovah, your savior. I am the one who created you. I am Jehovah, the Creator of all things. I alone stretched out the heavens! No one helped me when I made the earth (I was by myself) (Who was with me?).

¹³ »My hand laid the foundation of the earth. My right hand stretched out the heavens. When I call for them, they both stand.

¹² Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the span of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance of the scale?

²² He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

²⁸ »Do you not know? Have you not heard? JEHOVAH IS THE EVERLASTING GOD, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and no one can measure (find out) his understanding.

¹² »I am the one who made the earth. I created human beings to live there. With my power I stretched out the heavens. I control the sun, the moon, and the stars.

¹⁸ Jehovah says: »Who created the heavens? He who is God. He fashioned and made the earth. He founded it and he did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited.« He says: »I am Jehovah, and there is no other.

¹² He who made the earth by his power, and established the world by his wisdom; also stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

¹⁷ ‘Ah Lord Jehovah! You have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for you.

²³ »You lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of his house before you and your lords, wives and concubines. They drank wine from them. You praise the gods of silver and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which you do not see, nor hear, nor know. You have not glorified the God whose hand holds your breath and life.

⁶ »He builds his chambers in the heavens. He founded his dome over the earth. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth. Jehovah is his name.

¹ The prophetic utterance of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Jehovah declared: »Who stretches forth the heavens? Who lays the foundation of the earth? Who forms the spirit of man within him?

²⁵ »Men’s hands do not serve him as if he needed anything. He gives life and breath to all.

² He has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, through whom he made the ages (Greek: aion: ages of time, perpetuity, worlds, generations, human entities).

¹⁰ And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands. (Psalm 102:25) ¹¹ »They will perish but you remain. They will all grow old like a garment. ¹² »Just as a coat you fold them up, and they will be changed: but you are the same, and your years will never run out.«