Zechariah 12:1

New American Bible - revised edition

An oracle: The word of the Lord concerning Israel—oracle of the Lord, who spreads out the heavens, lays the foundations of the earth, and fashions the human spirit within:

Cross References

Genesis 1:8

God called the dome “sky.” Evening came, and morning followed—the second day.

Genesis 2:7

then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Job 26:7

He stretches out Zaphon over the void, and suspends the earth over nothing at all;

Job 37:18

Can you with him spread out the firmament of the skies, hard as a molten mirror?

Psalm 104:2

robed in light as with a cloak. You spread out the heavens like a tent;

Psalm 134:3

May the Lord bless you from Zion, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it.

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured with his palm the waters, marked off the heavens with a span, held in his fingers the dust of the earth, weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

Isaiah 40:22

The one who is enthroned above the vault of the earth, its inhabitants like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a veil and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its produce, Who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk on it:

Isaiah 44:24

Thus says the Lord, your redeemer, who formed you from the womb: I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, I spread out the earth by myself.

Isaiah 45:12

It was I who made the earth and created the people upon it; It was my hands that stretched out the heavens; I gave the order to all their host.

Isaiah 45:18

For thus says the Lord, The creator of the heavens, who is God, The designer and maker of the earth who established it, Not as an empty waste did he create it, but designing it to be lived in: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 48:13

Yes, my hand laid the foundations of the earth; my right hand spread out the heavens. When I summon them, they stand forth at once.

Isaiah 51:13

And forget the Lord, your maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of earth? All the day you are in constant dread of the fury of the oppressor When he prepares himself to destroy; but where is the oppressor’s fury?

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not accuse forever, nor always be angry; For without me their spirit fails, the life breath that I have given.

Jeremiah 10:12

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

Jeremiah 30:10

But you, my servant Jacob, do not fear!—oracle of the Lord— do not be dismayed, Israel! For I will soon deliver you from places far away, your offspring from the land of their exile; Jacob shall again find rest, secure, with none to frighten him,

Jeremiah 30:16

Yet all who devour you shall be devoured, all your enemies shall go into exile. All who plunder you shall become plunder, all who pillage you I will hand over to be pillaged.

Jeremiah 38:16

But King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah secretly: “As the Lord lives who gave us our lives, I will not kill you, nor will I hand you over to those men who seek your life.”

Jeremiah 50:34

Strong is their Redeemer, whose name is Lord of hosts, The sure defender of their cause, who gives rest to their land, but unrest to those who live in Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:15

He made the earth by his power, established the world by wisdom, and by his skill stretched out the heavens.

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets provided you visions of whitewashed illusion; They did not lay bare your guilt, in order to restore your fortunes; They saw for you only oracles of empty deceit.

Ezekiel 18:4

For all life is mine: the life of the parent is like the life of the child, both are mine. Only the one who sins shall die!

Zechariah 9:1

An oracle: the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is its destination, For the cities of Aram are the Lord’s, as are all the tribes of Israel.

Malachi 1:1

An oracle. The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.

Numbers 16:22

But they fell prostrate and exclaimed, “O God, God of the spirits of all living creatures, if one man sins will you be angry with the whole community?”

Hebrews 12:9

Besides this, we have had our earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not [then] submit all the more to the Father of spirits and live?