Study Desk

"Ask about the past days, the days before your time, since the day that God made man on the earth. Ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing? Has anything been heard like it?

He let you hear His voice from the heavens to teach you. On earth He let you see His great fire. And you heard His words from the center of the fire.

So know this day, take it to your heart, that the Lord is God in the heavens above and on the earth below. There is no other.

See, heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it belong to the Lord your God.

Or the anger of the Lord will burn against you. He will shut the heavens so there will be no rain and the ground will not give its fruit. Then you will be quick to die from the good land the Lord is giving you.

And your days and the days of your children will become many in the land the Lord promised to give to your fathers, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

The Lord will open for you His good store-house, the heavens. He will give rain to your land at the right time. He will bring good to all the work you do. You will give to many nations. But you will not use anything that belongs to them.

The heavens above your head will be brass. And the earth under you will be iron.

"Listen, O heavens, and let me speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

"There is none like the God of Jeshurun. He comes through the heavens to help you, through the sky in His great power.

So Israel lives in a safe place, the well of Jacob is safe, in a land of grain and new wine. Rain falls from His heavens.

Lord, You went out from Seir. You walked from the field of Edom. And the earth shook. Water fell from the heavens. Yes, water fell from the clouds.

He tore open the heavens and came down, with darkness under His feet.

"When the heavens are shut up and give no rain because they have sinned against You, if they pray toward this place and call on Your name and turn from their sin when You bring trouble to them,

For all the gods of the people are false gods. But the Lord made the heavens.

Let the heavens be glad. Let the earth be filled with joy. And let them say among the nations, ‘The Lord rules!'

But who is able to build a house for Him? For the heavens and the highest heavens are not big enough to hold Him. So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn special perfume before Him?

"When the heavens are shut up and give no rain because the people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and tell of Your name, and turn from their sin when You bring trouble to them,

If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, and if I tell the locust to destroy the land, or send disease upon My people,

I said, "O my God, I am ashamed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our sins have risen above our heads. Our guilt has grown even to the heavens.