17 occurrences

'Heavens' in the Bible

Heavens, be appalled at this, be shocked, be utterly devastated," declares the LORD.

Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void, at the heavens, and there was no light there.

Verse ConceptsemptinessFormlessness

Because of this, the land will mourn, and the heavens above will be dark. Because I have spoken and decided, I won't turn back from doing it."

Verse ConceptsThe SunDarkness During DaytimeGod ReturningMourning Due To CatastropheThe Universe AffectedThe Earth

They'll be spread out to the sun, the moon, and all the stars of the heavens, which they loved and served, and which they followed, consulted, and worshipped. Their bones won't be collected, nor will they be buried. They'll be like dung on the surface of the ground.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligiondirtAstrologyMoonStarsDefecationBonesNo BurialsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonGod Judging Star WorshippersThe Moon

This is what the LORD says: "Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified of them.

Verse ConceptsAstrologySkySuperstitionHeathenOccultismFear, Of UnknownDivinationFruitless LearningSigns In The SkyEclipsecultureatheismalignment

Tell this to them: "The gods who didn't make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from these heavens."

Verse ConceptsGod, The CreatorLanguages

The LORD is the one who made the world by his power, who established the earth by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfGod, Wisdom OfCreation Of The Physical HeavensPower, Of GodPower Of God, ShownGod's Creation

Can any of the worthless gods of the nations make it rain? Can the heavens themselves bring forth showers? Aren't you the one who does this, LORD our God? So we hope in you, for you are the one who does all these things.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins Ofdrought, physicalHope, In GodRainSkyWaiting On GodGod Sending RainGod Controlling The Rain

This is what the LORD says: "If the heavens could be measured above, or the foundations of the earth be searched out below, then I also would reject all the descendants of Israel because of everything they have done," declares the LORD.

Verse ConceptsHeaven, Nature OfEarth's FoundationFinding ThingsGod Not ForsakingThe EarthRejectionisraelexploringmeasurement

This is what the LORD says: "If I had not established my covenant for day and night and the laws that govern the heavens and earth,

Verse ConceptsEarth, God SustainingUniverseOrderly PatternsProvision Of Day And NightGod Keeps CovenantGod Being In ControlThe MoonSeasons Changingcovenant

I'll bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I'll scatter them to all these winds. There will be no nation to which the exiles from Elam won't go.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesFour WindsExiled Foreigners

We tried to heal Babylon, but she wouldn't be healed. Leave her, and let each of us go to his own country. For her judgment has reached to the heavens, and is lifted up to the sky.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseDecadencePeople Abandoning PeopleNo HealingThe judgment of babylonHealing And Comfort

He made the earth by his power. He established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

Verse ConceptsCreation Of The Physical HeavensUnderstandingGod, All knowing

Then the heavens and the earth and all that are in them will shout for joy about Babylon because the destroyers will come out of the north against her," declares the LORD.

Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthJoy, Of IsraelThose Who DestroyCondemnation Of BabylonOut Of The NorthRejoicing Over Justice

Though Babylon should reach up to the heavens and fortify her high fortresses, from me destroyers will come to her," declares the LORD.

Verse ConceptsBabylonFortressesSkyThose Who DestroyGoing Up To HeavenSky, Figurative UseHer Strength

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