Kylie
Defeater of Illogic
- Nov 23, 2013
- 15,069
- 5,309
- Country
- Australia
- Gender
- Female
- Faith
- Atheist
- Marital Status
- Married
God “created the heavens, and stretched
them out” (Isaiah 42:5). “He stretcheth out
the north over the empty place, and hangeth
the earth upon nothing” (Job 26:7).
Hebrew natah, which means to stretch or spread;
it can mean to extend in every direction.
Scripture refers to the heavens in this way 11 times, by Job, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Zechariah.
(Isaiah 45:12; 48:13; Jeremiah 10:12; 51:15)
use a form of natah that literally means the
action was completed some time ago.
Seven instances use a form of the verb natah
that implies continual or ongoing stretching
(Job 9:8; Psalm 104:2; Isaiah 40:22; 42:5; 44:24; 51:13; Zechariah 12:1).
Both of these aspects of this stretching
can be seen in Isaiah 40:22, that God
“stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain,
and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.”
Stretches out comes from natah and implies
something continuing today, while spreadeth
comes from the Hebrew mathach meaning to
stretch out and implying something that God
has already done and completed.
I don't get how you can say it implies that it is continuing today when both curtains and tents only spread out so far and then they stop.
Upvote
0