As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations #– # , in the presence of the God in whom he believed, the one who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.
Look up and see! Who created these? He brings out the stars by number; he calls all of them by name. Because of his great power and strength, not one of them is missing.
‘People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. ,
Jacob’s Portion is not like these, because he is the one who formed all things. Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of Armies is his name.