Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:
- KJV Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
- NKJV Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The Lord of hosts is His name):
- NASB ¶This is what the Lord says, He who gives the sun for light by day And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— The Lord of armies is His name:
- NLT It is the Lord who provides the sun to light the day and the moon and stars to light the night, and who stirs the sea into roaring waves. His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, and this is what he says:
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Quick answer
God identifies Himself as the one who fixed the sun, moon, stars, and seas, the LORD of Armies. His creative power guarantees the promises that follow.
Overview
The Lord grounds His covenant faithfulness in His sovereignty over creation, appealing to the fixed ordinances of sun, moon, and sea. The same God who upholds the cosmos has bound Himself to preserve His people. This sets up verse 36's assurance that Israel's continuance is as certain as the created order, a certainty ultimately resting in Christ, through whom and for whom all things were made (Col. 1:16-17).
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Isa 51:15For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Ps 136:7–9He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever.
- Jer 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
- Gen 1:14–18And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- Matt 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Matt 8:25–26The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
- Deut 4:19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
- Isa 54:5For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Isa 63:12who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
- Jer 51:19The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Ps 93:3–4The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Ps 72:5May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
- Ps 19:1–6For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
- Exod 14:21–22Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
- Isa 48:2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Ps 74:13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
- Ps 89:36–37his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
- Ps 74:16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
- Ps 89:2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
- Jer 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
- Jer 46:18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
- Jer 32:18You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
- Ps 114:3–5The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
- Ps 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
- Ps 119:89Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
- Job 38:10–11when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
- Ps 78:13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
- Ps 107:25–29For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
- Job 26:12By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
- Ps 106:9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
- Job 38:33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
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