Isaia 48:13

Romanian Cornilescu Translation

Mîna Mea a întemeiat pămîntul, şi dreapta Mea a întins cerurile: cum le-am chemat, s'au şi înfăţişat îndată.

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hand: Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 45:18, Exodus 20:11, Psalms 102:25, Hebrews 1:10-12

and: Isaiah 40:12

my right hand hath spanned: or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out, Isaiah 40:22, Job 37:18

when: Isaiah 40:26, Psalms 119:89-91, Psalms 147:4, Psalms 148:5-8

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:1 - Thus Psalms 78:69 - earth Psalms 119:91 - They continue this Isaiah 44:24 - I am Isaiah 51:16 - and lay Jeremiah 10:12 - stretched Jeremiah 27:5 - made Jeremiah 32:17 - thou Jeremiah 51:15 - and hath Zechariah 12:1 - which Acts 10:26 - Stand

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth,.... Which is ascribed to the Wisdom, Word, and Son of God, Proverbs 3:19. This Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret of the left hand k, seeing the work of the heavens is ascribed to the right hand in the following clause; the earth being less honourable than the heavens:

and my right hand hath spanned the heavens; stretched them out as a curtain or canopy over the earth, and measured them out with a span, as easily as a man measures anything with his hand; see Isaiah 40:12,

when I call unto them, they stand up together; or, "I called them, and they stood up together", as the Targum; and so may refer to the first creation of them, when at the word of God, and by his almighty fiat, they rose into being at once, Psalms 33:9. Kimchi observes, that the houses of Hillell and Shaminai were divided about this matter, which were created first, the heavens or the earth; at which R. Simeon ben Jochai wondered, since, according to the text, they were both created together l; though this may be understood of the consistence and permanency of the heavens and the earth, being upheld by the Lord, and by the word of his power, and of the ready obedience of the heavenly bodies to do his will, who, like servants, rise up at once at the word of his command; see

Isaiah 40:26.

k Vid. T. Bab. Menachot, fol. 36. 2. l Vid. T. Bab. Chagigah, fol. 12. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mine 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 40:26). The sense here is, that he who had power thus to command the hosts of heaven, and to secure their perfect obedience by his word, had power also to defend his people, and to deliver them from their foes, and conduct them in safety to their own land.