'Foundations' in the Bible

For a fire is kindled in My anger,And burns to the lowest part of Sheol,And consumes the earth with its yield,And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

“Then the earth shook and quaked,The foundations of heaven were tremblingAnd were shaken, because He was angry.

“Then the channels of the sea appeared,The foundations of the world were laid bareBy the rebuke of the Lord,At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.

let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.

Then that Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem; and from then until now it has been under construction and it is not yet completed.’

In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be retained, its height being 60 cubits and its width 60 cubits;

Who were snatched away before their time,Whose foundations were washed away by a river?

If the foundations are destroyed,What can the righteous do?”

Then the earth shook and quaked;And the foundations of the mountains were tremblingAnd were shaken, because He was angry.

Then the channels of water appeared,And the foundations of the world were laid bareAt Your rebuke, O Lord,At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

They do not know nor do they understand;They walk about in darkness;All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

He established the earth upon its foundations,So that it will not totter forever and ever.

When He set for the sea its boundarySo that the water would not transgress His command,When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke.

Then it will be that he who flees the report of disaster will fall into the pit,And he who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;For the windows above are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake.

Do you not know? Have you not heard?Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

That you have forgotten the Lord your Maker,Who stretched out the heavensAnd laid the foundations of the earth,That you fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor,As he makes ready to destroy?But where is the fury of the oppressor?

“O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted,Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,And your foundations I will lay in sapphires.

“Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins;You will raise up the age-old foundations;And you will be called the repairer of the breach,The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.

Thus says the Lord,“If the heavens above can be measuredAnd the foundations of the earth searched out below,Then I will also cast off all the offspring of IsraelFor all that they have done,” declares the Lord.

“They will not take from you even a stone for a cornerNor a stone for foundations,But you will be desolate forever,” declares the Lord.

The Lord has accomplished His wrath,He has poured out His fierce anger;And He has kindled a fire in ZionWhich has consumed its foundations.

“A sword will come upon Egypt,And anguish will be in Ethiopia;When the slain fall in Egypt,They take away her wealth,And her foundations are torn down.

I saw also that the house had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full rod of six long cubits in height.

For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country,Planting places for a vineyard.I will pour her stones down into the valleyAnd will lay bare her foundations.

“Listen, you mountains, to the indictment of the Lord,And you enduring foundations of the earth,Because the Lord has a case against His people;Even with Israel He will dispute.