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[It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in;
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God's Sovereign Majesty
Commentators explain that God "sitting above the circle of the earth" portrays Him as a supreme sovereign, ruling over His creation. From His exalted perspective, all of humanity appears as small as "grasshoppers." This powerful image is not meant to devalue people, but to highlight God's immense greatness, majesty, and continuous governance over the world, reminding us of our dependence on Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It is He that sits - Margin, 'Him that sits,' that is, have you not known Him? The Hebrew literally means 'the sitter, or …
19th Century
Anglican
The circle of the earth — that is, the vault of heaven overarching the earth (Job 22:14; Proverbs 8:27).
Baptist
Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?…
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16th Century
Protestant
It is he that sitteth. He pursues the same subject, though in a different manner, and extols the glory and power of God. Why He does so, w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
It is he who sits upon the circle of the earth Or, "the globeF26" of it; for the earth is spherical or gl…
Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God, that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or worship them. Eve…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Be comforted, be comforted. This is the second principal part of this book, in which the prophet primarily intends to comfort th…
