Isaiah 45:12

I made the earth, I created the people who live ¹  on it. It was me – my hands ²  stretched out the sky, ³  I give orders to all the heavenly lights. ⁴ 

Ge 1:26,27; Ge 2:1; Ne 9:6; Ps 102:25; Isa 40:12,22; Isa 40:28; Isa 42:5; Isa 44:24; Isa 45:18; Jer 27:5; Jer 32:17; Zec 12:1; Heb 11:3

¹ tn The words “who live” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “I, even my hands”; NASB “I stretched out…with My hands”; NRSV “it was my hands that stretched out.” The same construction occurs at the beginning of v. 13.

³ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁴ tn Heb “and to all their host I commanded.” See the notes at 40:26.