7:49 ‘Heaven is my throne,
and earth is the footstool for my feet.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is my resting place? 1
7:50 Did my hand 2 not make all these things?’ 3
1 sn What kind…resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God.
2 tn Or “Did I.” The phrase “my hand” is ultimately a metaphor for God himself.
3 tn The question in Greek introduced with οὐχί (ouci) expects a positive reply.
sn A quotation from Isa 66:1-2. If God made the heavens, how can a human building contain him?