Isaiah 51:12-16

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KJV

¹¹ Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
¹² I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
¹³ And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
¹⁴ The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
¹⁵ But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
¹⁶ And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

RSV

¹⁵ For I am the LORD your God,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar —
the LORD of hosts is his name.
¹⁶ And I have put my words in your mouth,
and hid you in the shadow of my hand,
stretching out the heavens
and laying the foundations of the earth,
and saying to Zion, 'You are my people.'

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A Creation Text

Creation Record

See Yam and Isaiah 17:12-14.

The sky as a tent

Re the language of the sky as a tent spread out ("stretched forth") above us, appropriated here for the new creation of a restored Israel, see other references at Unfurling the Heavens.

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