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This is what the true God,[a] the Lord, says—
the one who created the sky and stretched it out,
the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it,[b]
the one who gives breath to the people on it,
and life to those who live on it:[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:5 tn Heb “the God.” The definite article here indicates distinctiveness or uniqueness.
  2. Isaiah 42:5 tn Heb “and its offspring” (so NASB); NIV “all that comes out of it.”
  3. Isaiah 42:5 tn Heb “and spirit [i.e., “breath”] to the ones walking in it” (NAB, NASB, and NRSV all similar).

This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,(A) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth(B) with all that springs from it,(C)
    who gives breath(D) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:

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