1The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
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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 it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. …
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here is, I. The title of this charter of promises made to God’s Israel; it is the burden of the word of the Lord , a divine prediction; it is of weight in the delivery of it; it is to be pressed upon people, and will be very pressing in the accomplishment of it; it is a burden , a heavy burden, to all the church’s enemies, like that talent of lead , Zech. 5:7 , 8 . But it is for Israel ; it is for…
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