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He made the earth by his power,established the world by his wisdom,and spread out the heavens by his understanding.

When he thunders,the waters in the heavens are tumultuous,and he causes the cloudsto rise from the ends of the earth.He makes lightning for the rainand brings the wind from his storehouses.

You will pursue them in anger and destroy themunder your heavens.

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was among the exiles by the Chebar Canal, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

I will darken all the shining lightsin the heavens over you,and will bring darkness on your land.

urging them to ask the God of the heavens for mercy concerning this mystery, so Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men.

The mystery was then revealed to Daniel in a vision at night, and Daniel praised the God of the heavens

Your Majesty, you are king of kings. The God of the heavens has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

“In the days of those kings, the God of the heavens will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of the heavens, because all his works are true and his ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of the heavens. The vessels from his house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in his hand and who controls the whole course of your life.

He rescues and delivers;he performs signs and wondersin the heavens and on the earth,for he has rescued Danielfrom the power of the lions.”

Those who have insight will shinelike the bright expanse of the heavens,and those who lead many to righteousness,like the stars forever and ever.

I will display wondersin the heavens and on the earth:blood, fire, and columns of smoke.

He answered them, “I’m a Hebrew. I worship the Lord, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”

God comes from Teman,the Holy One from Mount Paran.SelahHis splendor covers the heavens,and the earth is full of his praise.

For the Lord of Armies says this: “Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.

As soon as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.