Isaiah 48:13

Isaiah 48:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
• New International Version (NIV)My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the earth, And My right hand has stretched out the heavens; When I call to them, They stand up together.

Context of Isaiah 48:13

11I am doing this for myself, only for myself. Why should my name be dishonored? I will not give my glory to anyone else. 12Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called. I am the one. I am the first and the last. My hand laid the foundation of the earth. My right hand stretched out the heavens. When I call for them, they both stand. 14Gather together, all of you, and listen. What idol has revealed such things? The Lord loves Cyrus. He will carry out the Lord’s plan against Babylon. He will use his strength against the Babylonians. 15I alone have spoken. I have called him. I will bring him here, and he will succeed.

Isaiah 48:13 word by word

אַף־יָדִי֙ יָ֣סְדָה אֶ֔רֶץ וִֽימִינִ֖י טִפְּחָ֣ה שָׁמָ֑יִם קֹרֵ֥א אֲנִ֛י אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם יַעַמְד֥וּ יַחְדָּֽו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Mine handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• also hath laid the foundationיָסַדyâsad · to foundH3245
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and my right handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• hath spannedטָפַחţâphach · to extendH2946
• the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• I callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• unto them, they stand upעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162

Cross-references for Isaiah 48:13

• Isaiah 42:5The Lord God created the heavens and stretched them out. He shaped the earth and all that comes from it. He gave life to the people who are on it and breath to those who walk on it. This is what the Lord God says:
• Isaiah 45:18The Lord created the heavens. God formed the earth and made it. He set it up. He did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited. This is what the Lord says: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
• Exodus 20:11In six days the Lord made heaven, earth, and the sea, along with everything in them. He didn’t work on the seventh day. That’s why the Lord blessed the day he stopped his work and set this day apart as holy.
• Psalms 102:25Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth. Even the heavens are the works of your hands.
• Hebrews 1:10God also said, “Lord, in the beginning you laid the foundation of the earth. With your own hands you made the heavens.
• Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the water of the sea with the palm of his hand or measured the sky with the length of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a bushel basket or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills on a balance?
• Isaiah 40:22God is enthroned above the earth, and those who live on it are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the sky like a canopy and spreads it out like a tent to live in.
• Job 37:18Can you stretch out the skies with him and make them as firm as a mirror made of metal?
• Isaiah 40:26Look at the sky and see. Who created these things? Who brings out the stars one by one? He calls them all by name. Because of the greatness of his might and the strength of his power, not one of them is missing.
• Psalms 119:89O Lord, your word is established in heaven forever.
• Psalms 147:4He determines the number of stars. He gives each one a name.
• Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of the Lord because they were created by his command.

Commentaries on Isaiah 48:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Mine hand also hath laid … - I am the Creator of all things, and I have all power, and am abundantly able to deliver you from all your foes. And my right hand hath spanned the heavens - Margin, The palm of my right hand hath spread out.‘ The sense is, that he by his right hand had spanned, or measured the heavens. The phrase is designed to show his greatness and his power (see the notes at Isaiah 40:12). When I call unto them - (See the note at Isaiah…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honour of his mercy, to spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It was to refine them, but not as silver; not so thoroughly as men refine silver. If God should take that course, they are all dross, and, as such, might justly be put away. He takes them as refined in part only. Many have been brought home to God as chosen…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-22This final trial speech reviews the arguments of Isaiah 40–48 and presents the final conclusion.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1512-15. The Almighty, who has founded heaven and earth, can, and will, restore His people. the first ... last--(Is 41:4; 44:6).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings