以賽亞書 40:22

22 神 坐 在 地 球 大 圈 之 上 ； 地 上 的 居 民 好 像 蝗 蟲 。 他 鋪 張 穹 蒼 如 幔 子 ， 展 開 諸 天 如 可 住 的 帳 棚 。

以賽亞書 40:22 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 40:22

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth
Or, "the globe ^F26" of it; for the earth is spherical or globular: not a flat plain, but round, hung as a ball in the air; here Jehovah sits as the Lord and Sovereign; being the Maker of it, he is above it, orders and directs its motion, and governs all things in it: Kimchi rightly observes, that the heavens are the circle of the earth, which is the centre of them, and around which they are; and so it signifies, that the Lord sits or dwells in the heavens, from whence he beholds the children of men: and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;
or "locusts ^F1"; as one upon a very great eminence looking down beholds creatures as exceeding small and little; and if the Israelites were to the "anakim" or giants as grasshoppers, ( Numbers 13:33 ) , much more must puny mortals be such in the sight of God, and in comparison of him; and this may denote, not only the minuteness of men, but what weak, impotent, useless, worthless, and short lived creatures men are: that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain;
alluding to the firmament or expanse made at the creation, and still continued; which is as a curtain to himself, which he draws around himself, he dwelling in the highest heavens, and in light inaccessible to mortals; and which he stretches out as a canopy around this earth, for the use of the inhabitants of it: or, "as a little thing"; or, as a little skin ^F2; and which he stretches out as easily as a man can stretch out that: and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in it;
for himself to dwell in, and so stretches out the heavens like curtains about him; tents being made of such, and often of skins.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (gwx le) "super sphaeram", Pagninus; "globum", Montanus Vatablus; "super orbem telluris", Vitringa.
F1 (Mybgxk) "ut locustae", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Vitringa; "tanquam locustae", Munster; "velut locustae", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
F2 (qdk) "velut tenue", Montanus; "tenuissimum", Vatablus; "pellem." Munster; so some in Vatablus; "pellculam", Gataker.

以賽亞書 40:22 In-Context

20 窮 乏 獻 不 起 這 樣 供 物 的 ， 就 揀 選 不 能 朽 壞 的 樹 木 ， 為 自 己 尋 找 巧 匠 ， 立 起 不 能 搖 動 的 偶 像 。

21 你 們 豈 不 曾 知 道 麼 ？ 你 們 豈 不 曾 聽 見 麼 ？ 從 起 初 豈 沒 有 人 告 訴 你 們 麼 ？ 自 從 立 地 的 根 基 ， 你 們 豈 沒 有 明 白 麼 ？

22 神 坐 在 地 球 大 圈 之 上 ； 地 上 的 居 民 好 像 蝗 蟲 。 他 鋪 張 穹 蒼 如 幔 子 ， 展 開 諸 天 如 可 住 的 帳 棚 。

23 他 使 君 王 歸 於 虛 無 ， 使 地 上 的 審 判 官 成 為 虛 空 。

24 他 們 是 剛 才 （ 或 譯 ： 不 曾 ； 下 同 ） 栽 上 ， 剛 才 種 上 ， 根 也 剛 才 扎 在 地 裡 ， 他 一 吹 在 其 上 ， 便 都 枯 乾 ； 旋 風 將 他 們 吹 去 ， 像 碎 秸 一 樣 。