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The Hebrew scriptures use the language of pitching a tent to describe the sky. When [[Job]], [[Psalms]], [[Isaiah]], [[Jeremiah]] and [[Zechariah]] speak of "the heavens" being created or maintained, the sky is compared to a tent above the earth.  There is no mention of the earth being a rotating globe: the earth as we see it around us is round as a circle is round, not as a ball.  (See at [[Isaiah 44:13]] — a tradesman can make it with a compass.)  The sky is stretched out as a tent above it.
The Hebrew scriptures use the language of pitching a tent to describe the sky. When [[Job]], [[Psalms]], [[Isaiah]], [[Jeremiah]] and [[Zechariah]] speak of "the heavens" being created or maintained, the sky is compared to a tent above the earth.  In the ancient world [[Between Mesopotamia and Egypt|between Mesopotamia and Egypt]] there was no mention of the earth being a rotating globe: the earth as we see it around us is round as a circle is round, not as a ball.  (See at [[Isaiah 44:13]] — a tradesman can make it with a compass.)  The sky is stretched out as a tent above it.


Consider the following passages:
Consider the following passages:
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*[[Isaiah 40:22]] (also important, read [[Literal Reading|literally]], as the original inspiration of some modern "flat earth" beliefs)
*[[Isaiah 40:22]] (also important, read [[Literal Reading|literally]], as the original inspiration of some modern "flat earth" beliefs)
*[[Isaiah 42:5-10|Isaiah 42:5]]
*[[Isaiah 42:5-10|Isaiah 42:5]]
*[[Isaiah 44:2, 21-24]]
*[[Isaiah 45:12]] — past tense, referring to the creation in the beginning
*[[Isaiah 48:13]]
*[[Isaiah 51:12-16]]
*[[Jeremiah 10:9-12]]
*[[Jeremiah 51:15]]
*[[Zechariah 12:1]]
Compare also:
*[[Revelation 6:12-14]]

Latest revision as of 10:04, 28 February 2023

The Hebrew scriptures use the language of pitching a tent to describe the sky. When Job, Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Zechariah speak of "the heavens" being created or maintained, the sky is compared to a tent above the earth. In the ancient world between Mesopotamia and Egypt there was no mention of the earth being a rotating globe: the earth as we see it around us is round as a circle is round, not as a ball. (See at Isaiah 44:13 — a tradesman can make it with a compass.) The sky is stretched out as a tent above it.

Consider the following passages:

Compare also: