Holy Scripture

Isaiah 40:22

A church father on this verse
“"He that stretches out the heavens as a vaulted ceiling." These same thoughts, let us also recommend to ourselves concerning the earth, not to be curious about what its substance is; or to wear ourselves out by reasoning, seeking its very foundation; or to search for some nature destitute of qualities, existing withou…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — HOMILIES ON THE HEXAMERON 1:8

Source: Septuagint

Original

22It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in:

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20For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely inquire how he shall set up his image, and that so that it should not be moved.

21Will ye not know? will ye not hear? has it not been told you of old? Have ye not known the foundations of the earth?

— Isaiah 40:22 —

23he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.

24For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.

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