Bible verses about "transcendence" | Thomson

¹ Now when Moses was feeding the flocks of Jothor his father in law the priest of Madiam he led them below the wilderness and came to the mountain Choreb. ² And an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a fire blazing out of a bush. And when he saw that the bush blazed with fire, but was not consumed, ³ Moses said, I will go near and see this great sight; why the bush is not consumed. ⁴ But when the Lord saw that he drew near to look; the Lord called to him out of the bush saying, Moses! Moses! And he said, What is it? ⁵ And he said, Approach not hither. Loose the sandals from thy feet; for the place where thou standest is holy ground. ⁶ Then he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaak, and the God of Jacob. Whereupon Moses turned away his face; for he was afraid to look forward in the presence of God. ⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, I have indeed seen the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry on the account of their task masters; for I know their sorrow, ⁸ therefore I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them out of that land, and conduct them to a land good and spacious; to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the country of the Chananites and the Chettites and the Amorites, and the Pherezites, and the Gergasites and the Evites and the Jebusites. ⁹ And now behold the cry of the children of Israel hath reached me and I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them, ¹⁰ now therefore come: I will send thee to Pharao king of Egypt and thou shalt bring my people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt. ¹¹ Thereupon Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharao king of Egypt, and that I should bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt? ¹² Upon which God spoke to Moses saying, That I will be with thee, even this is the sign for thee. And because I will send thee, therefore when thou hast brought my people out of Egypt you shall worship God on this mountain. ¹³ Then Moses said to God, Behold when I come to the Israelites and say to them, The God of our fathers hath sent me to you; and they shall say, What is his name? What shall I say to them? ¹⁴ On which God spoke to Moses saying, I am The I Am. Moreover he said, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, The I Am hath sent me to you. ¹⁵ Again God said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of our fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaak, and the God of Jacob hath sent me to you. This is my everlasting name and memorial to all generations. ¹⁶ Go therefore and assemble the Senate of the children of Israel and say to them, The Lord, the God of our fathers hath appeared to me, even the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaak, and the God of Jacob saying, With watchfulness I have observed you and all that hath befallen you in Egypt. ¹⁷ Moreover he said, I will bring you up from the oppression of the Egyptians to the land of the Chananites and the Chettites and the Amorites and the Pherezites, and the Gergasites and the Evites and the Jebusites; to a land flowing with milk and honey, ¹⁸ and they will hearken to thy voice, and thou and the Senate of Israel shall go to Pharao king of Egypt, and thou shalt say to him, The God of the Hebrews hath called us; let us therefore go three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to our God. ¹⁹ But I know that Pharao king of Egypt will not suffer you to go, but by a strong hand. ²⁰ Therefore I will stretch forth my hand and smite the Egyptians with all my wonders which I will do among them. And after these he will dismiss you. ²¹ And I will give the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that when you go, you shall not go away empty; ²² but every woman shall ask of her neighbour and of him who sojourneth in her house vessels of silver and of gold, and raiment which you shall put on your sons and your daughters and you shall spoil the Egyptians.

³ that the Lord is a great God and a great king over all the Gods; and that the Lord will not cast off his people: ⁴ that in his hand are the limits of the earth; and the lofty mountains are his: ⁵ that the sea is his; he made it; and his hands formed the dry land.

¹⁵ Thus saith the Most High, who on earth inhabiteth eternity, who is Holy among holies; whose name is THE MOST HIGH; who at rest in the holies giveth patience to the humble, and life to them who are of a contrite heart;

¹ The word of God which came to Jeremias the son of Chelkias, one of the priests who dwelt at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin; ² as the word of God came to him in the days of Josias son of Amos king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign ³ and came to him in the days of Joakim son of Josias king of Juda even to the eleventh year of Zedekias son of Josias king of Juda, even to the capture of Jerusalem, in the fifth month ⁴ When this word of the Lord came to him, ⁵ "Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee, and before thou wast born I hallowed thee. I have appointed thee a prophet for nations." ⁶ Thereupon I said, self-existent sovereign, Lord! behold I know not how to speak, for I am a child. ⁷ And the Lord said to me, say not "For I am a child." For thou shalt go to all, to whomsoever I send thee; and according to all that I command thee thou shalt speak. ⁸ Be not afraid of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee saith the Lord. ⁹ Then the Lord stretched forth his hand towards me and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, Behold I have put my words in thy mouth. ¹⁰ Behold I have this day set thee over nations and over kingdoms to root out and demolish and destroy; and to rebuild and plant. ¹¹ Then a word of the Lord came to me saying, "What dost thou see." Whereupon I said, "I see a rod of an almond tree." ¹² And the Lord said to me, Thou hast seen well: for I have watched over my words to perform them. ¹³ Again a word of the Lord came to me a second time saying: "What dost thou see?" And I said, "A kettle; its bottom glowing hot; and its mouth from the north. ¹⁴ Then the Lord said to me, "From the north shall blaze out the evils against all the inhabitants of this land." ¹⁵ For behold I am calling together all the kingdoms of the earth from the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come and set, every one his throne against the vestibules of the gates of Jerusalem and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Juda: ¹⁶ and I will speak to them with a judicial process touching all their wickedness. As they have forsaken me and sacrificed to strange Gods, and worshipped the works of their hands, ¹⁷ therefore gird thou up thy loins and stand up and speak all that I command thee. Be not afraid of them, nor terrified at their presence; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. ¹⁸ Behold I have made thee this day, like a fortified city and like a wall of brass, too strong for all the kings of Juda and the chiefs thereof and the people of the land. ¹⁹ Though they fight against thee they cannot prevail over thee; for I am with thee to deliver thee saith the Lord.

²¹ for prophecy was not uttered in former days at the will of man; but the holy men of God spoke by an impulse of the holy spirit.

¹ In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.

⁷ He it is, who stretcheth out Boreas over empty space; who suspendeth the earth upon nothing;

⁶ Indeed were he to unfold to thee the power of wisdom; because it must needs be double to what are with thee: then thou wouldst know that what have come upon thee from the Lord are answerable to the sins which thou hast committed. ⁷ Canst thou trace the footsteps of the Lord? Or hast thou reached the extent of what the Almighty hath done?

³³ O the depth of the riches, and of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways not to be traced out! ³⁴ For who hath known the mind of the Lord"? Or who hath been his counsellor? ³⁵ Or who hath first given to him, that in return he may receive a recompense? ³⁶ Because of him, and by him, and for him are all things; to him be the glory forever, Amen;

²² He it is, who occupieth the circuit of the earth; and the inhabitants thereon are as grasshoppers. He it is, who established the heaven as an arch, and spread it out as a tent to be dwelt in;

⁸ For my counsels are not as your counsels: nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord. ⁹ But distant as the heaven is from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways; and your thoughts from my understanding.