 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges...  Sermons, tr. by R. Robinson (H. Hunter) - Page 113by Jacques Saurin - 1800Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 542 pages
...the heavens, and the inhabitants of the earth are as grasshoppers, (Isai. xlii. 22.) that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. There is a delay — and this it is that manifests the grandeur of his attributes. And bow strongly... | |
 | John Pye Smith - Bible and geology - 1843 - 576 pages
...surface extended on all sides ; or, as it is more fully expressed in the Book of Isaiah ; " He stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in."* By " the empty place" (tohu, a word applied to any thing supposed to be waste and deserted,^) appears... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1843 - 314 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, And the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers > That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell IB : That bringeth the princes to nothing. [Jeremiah x. 10.] 4. But the Lord is the true God, He is... | |
 | L. Giustiniani - Anti-Catholic polemic - 1843 - 292 pages
...heaven, do bless and praise you iniinitely for you are the great Mediatrix The Bible. that stretched out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell. That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity,"3 &c. "Whatsoever... | |
 | Adams - Science - 1992 - 356 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the Heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: 41:14:Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer,... | |
 | Samuel (ha-Nagid) - History - 1996 - 268 pages
...inhabitants will [seem like] insects" (trans. J. Monroe). 8: Cf. Isaiah 40:22: "It is He ... that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." Baraita de Shmuel HaKatan i: "The heavens are made like a tent." 9: Cf. Exodus 26:4ff, which describes... | |
 | Susanna Wesley - Religion - 1997 - 529 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants therefore are as grasshoppers, that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in"! 76 "To whom then shall we liken God? Or what likeness shall we compare unto him?" 77 2nd. As we must... | |
 | Emilio B. Knechtle, Charles J. Sohlmann - Religion - 1997 - 164 pages
...galaxies containing numerous planets inhabited with beings who have never sinned. "That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." Isaiah 40:22. "He created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited." Isaiah 45: 18. "Rejoice, ye... | |
 | Religion - 1999 - 462 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 40:22 KJV 103.64 The Lord says: 'My thoughts and my ways are not like yours. Just as the heavens... | |
 | Religion - 2000 - 64 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretchcth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 40:12—14, 2.2 1 1 THE JUDGMENT OF GOD The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse... | |
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