Thematic Bible: Heavens


Thematic Bible



God is enthroned above the circle of the earth;
its inhabitants are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like thin cloth
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
Verse ConceptsMidgetsCurtainsEarth, Description OfGod, Sovereignty OfInsectsCreation Of The Physical HeavensGod Is TranscendentMan, Insignificance OfGrasshoppersCirclesSmall CreaturesScienceEarthGod Being Outside Of CreationFlat Earth


This is what God, Yahweh, says—
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it
and life to those who walk on it
Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeChaosGod, The CreatorGod, The LordCreation Of The Physical HeavensSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedMan, Creation OfGod Giving Breatha new beginningGod's Creationbreathingbreath

Long ago You established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfFoundationsCreation, Origin OfBeginningPower Of God, ShownGod Acting Of Old


For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
Verse ConceptsAstronomyCreation Of The Physical Heavens

I was there when He established the heavens,
when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,
Verse ConceptsCreation Of The Physical HeavensCirclesCreation Of The Seas


All the heavenly bodies will dissolve.
The skies will roll up like a scroll,
and their stars will all wither
as leaves wither on the vine,
and foliage on the fig tree.
Verse ConceptsdrynessAstronomyHost Of HeavenScrollsSkyStarsVinesFigsThe Universe DestroyedNature DecayingAffecting Sun Moon And StarsLucifer


Look up to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and its inhabitants will die like gnats.
But My salvation will last forever,
and My righteousness will never be shattered.
Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will Nevereternity, nature ofAstronomyInsectsEarth, Destruction OfSmokeEcological ConcernsImputed RighteousnessSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceThe Universe DestroyedDisappearanceThings Wearing OutLooking At God's WorksAbrasionSmoke Used Poetically




They will perish, but You will endure;
all of them will wear out like clothing.
You will change them like a garment,
and they will pass away.
Verse ConceptsDecayClothing The EarthClean ClothesThings Wearing OutAbrasion

the sky separated like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place. Verse ConceptsScrollsCataclysmMountains RemovedRollingThe Universe DestroyedSky, Figurative UseThe End Of The WorldEnd TimesMoving To A New Place




“For just as the new heavens and the new earth,
which I will make,
will endure before Me”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“so your offspring and your name will endure.
Verse ConceptsThe Completion Of The AgeNew ThingsCompletionNew EarthBeginningLand, Spiritual Aspects OfNew Heavens And New EarthNewnessProperty, LandRenewal, Of Natural OrderUniverseThe New CreationThe New UniverseCosmic RenewalGod Establishes Us




“For just as the new heavens and the new earth,
which I will make,
will endure before Me”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“so your offspring and your name will endure.
Verse ConceptsThe Completion Of The AgeNew ThingsCompletionNew EarthBeginningLand, Spiritual Aspects OfNew Heavens And New EarthNewnessProperty, LandRenewal, Of Natural OrderUniverseThe New CreationThe New UniverseCosmic RenewalGod Establishes Us

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