“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:
Parallel translations
- WEB “Yahweh who does it, Yahweh who forms it to establish it; Yahweh is his name, says:
- KJV Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
- NKJV “Thus says the Lord who made it, the Lord who formed it to establish it (the Lord is His name):
- NASB “This is what the Lord says, He who made the earth, the Lord who formed it to create it, He whose name is the Lord:
- NLT “This is what the Lord says—the Lord who made the earth, who formed and established it, whose name is the Lord:
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Quick answer
God identifies Himself as the LORD who makes, forms, and establishes, the LORD is His name. His creative power authenticates the promises to follow.
Overview
God introduces His message by naming Himself as the one who does and establishes His purposes, underscoring His sovereign ability. This self-identification assures that the coming promises rest on His unchanging power and character. The Creator who forms and establishes is the same God who accomplishes redemption and the new creation in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Isa 37:26Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
- Exod 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
- Exod 15:3The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
- Exod 3:14–15God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
- Isa 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
- Isa 62:7nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
- Isa 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
- Ps 87:5And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
- Ps 102:16For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
- Heb 11:10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
- Isa 43:1Now this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
- Rev 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
- Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
- 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.
- Amos 9:6He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
- Heb 11:16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
- 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,
- Rev 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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