Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
The word above rendered “before” is the Hebrew word neged, “from 5046; a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before.” Here, in Proverbs 15:11 (numbers themselves representing divine grace coming into confusion), it’s telling of the darkness into which the light comes.
The word it (neged) is from is nagad (#5046), meaning “to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise.”
In these definitions we see Hell and Destruction are before states that announce the coming of the LORD: states of mind (heart), created by the same (Hell and Destruction) and resulting in a departure, and endless degeneration, into confusion and insanity (the inability to distinguish between reality and delusion).
The word “hell” is from Sheol (sh’owl) and “destruction” is Abaddon (‘abaddown), the latter a five times used word meaning, perishing and Hades. It (‘abaddown) is an intensified form of the word ‘abad, meaning “to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy).” It’s speaking of the endless fall away from the (clear-minded) state before, which John, in Revelation 9:11, describes using ‘abaddown as the proper name Abaddon, who he defines as the king of scorpions and the angel of the bottomless pit.
The word sh’owl is, “from 7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates:–grave, hell, pit.” It describes the dead (a state of mind) in Hell, which, rather than a place, is air in which man is ever descending deeper into his own depravity.
The origin of sh’owl, sha’al (#7592), describes the source of the fall, as the star, Satan, the angel, messenger, of the bottomless pit, falls from heaven and opens it. Its meaning is to inquire, as in whose advice is listened to, and when to a fallen messenger, the air (state of mind) and the sun (the understanding of the church) are darkened.
Isaiah 30
1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked [sha’al] at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion [klimmah].
Revelation 9
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit [with His misleading advice, started the endless fall into depravity ]; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace [the smoking furnace Abram saw, in the darkness when the sun went down, during the deep sleep – see Genesis 15:12 thru 17]; and the sun [the church] and the air [the state of a clear mind – the seven times used word aer, the place we return {rising instead of falling} when the LORD pulls {harpazo – “caugh up”} us from the fires, again into the clear “air” – as in 1 Thessalonians 4:17] were darkened [became ignorant] by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts [men, misleaders who devour the minds of all humanity] upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power [to rot men inside, in their minds, in the forehead].
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal [this testimony and clear mind] of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he strikes a man [not killing them, just rotting their minds].
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails [the sting is the sin that follows their evil misleading]: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon [destruction], but in the Greek tongue has his name Apollyon.
We know from Ephesians 2:2, the darkened air is the spirit now at work in the children of disobedient, resulting from the fallen angel’s misleading, who is there called the prince of the power of the “air.”
Ephesians 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he has purposed in himself:
10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will:
12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13 In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the LORD Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our LORD Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all in all.
Ephesians 2
1 And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
6 And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
11 Wherefore remember, that you being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were near.
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto a holy temple in the LORD:
22 In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
Friends (the few and elect remnant), the word “disobedience” in Ephesians 2:2 above is the seven times used Greek word apeitheia, from (the prefix) “a” reversing the word peitho, meaning, (peitho) “to convince (by argument, true or false) by analogy, to pacify or conciliate, reflexively or passively, to ascent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty).”
This idea is the moment we’re living: when all mass media, all institutions, governments church and civil (the powers that control the air, the state of mind of the world) are violently pushing a mass delusion upon it (the world). No matter what reality argued, no matter what evidence presented, the vast majority accept the lie (the covid hoax) and bow to it when these masters (the princes of the power of the air) play the music.
The truth is there is no “pandemic,” there isn’t mass sickness or death! What there is, is mass testing finding the natural, the expected, the perennial, mutation and spread of common viruses. These evil (misleading) men then hype the evidence into the dragons of our day. The intention is to control freedom (life, liberty, and property), to give plausible justification to force submission, so injustice, crimes against the free, can be perpetrated with impunity. It’s justification for the lawless to be lawless: ignoring laws that govern in all states (even in this void, now when a state of nature exists, when there is no law), while imposing those (laws) that (supposedly) legalize their crimes against humanity (our God-given rights).
These people, the lawless, will never be convinced, no matter the evidence presented. They are beyond reason, their mind in a deadened state, zombie like, ever seeking to devour those not yet infected with their (mental) disease.
Colossians 3
6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience [apeitheia]:
7 In the which you also walked some time, when you lived in them.
8 But now you also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you.
14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also you are called in one body; and be you thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the LORD.
Hebrews 4
1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest [per Psalms 4:8], any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. [True faith is acted upon: action which is the substance of things not yet seen.]
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
6 Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief [apeitheia]:
7 Again, he limits a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so long a time; as it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
9 There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief [apeitheia].
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 Neither is there any creature [man or dragon] that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
In the context of the LORD’s discernment in me, He leads us to things He’s made “naked and opened” to my eyes. Three of the five times the word ‘abaddown appears are very descriptively in Job, the first in Job 26:6 as Job describes things “naked” before God. The chapter is telling of how God helps those without power and saves those without strength. In the first two appearances (Job 26:6 & 28:22), the LORD tells of His coming: knowing and uncovering “Hell and Destruction,” as he takes His throne in judgment. In the final appearance (Job 31:12) He tells of the crime and its manifestation, which He’s exposed.
Job 26
2 How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?
3 How have you counselled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you?
5 Dead things are formed from under the waters [the dead are held under the water, and from there, by this word, brought forth to judgment], and the inhabitants thereof [of Sheol]. [Revelation 11: 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and Hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.]
6 Hell [Sheol] is naked before him, and destruction [‘abaddown – Abaddon] has no covering.
7 He stretches out the north [He expounds, to bring out the secret things, His treasures held in the darkness of man’s ignorance] over the empty place [the tohuw, in the firmament of the earth become “without form”], and hangs [talah – referring us to Isaiah 22:24, when, by this all the glory of David’s house is hanged upon me by my Father] the earth upon nothing [when the earth has become a “void” – per 1 Timothy 6, saying “in His times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and LORD of lords”].
8 He binds up the waters [this understanding, when its removed from the earth] in his thick clouds [His treasure house and armory]; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He [there in the cloud] holds back the face [paniym – the presence] of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it [until he reveals it from the firmament, this expounding, sending understanding].
10 He has compassed the waters with bounds [He reserves them there], until the day and night come to an end [until this end of the age and the beginning of the new day, the new heaven and earth, wherein dwells righteousness].
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through the proud.
13 By his spirit he has garnished the [new] heavens; his hand has formed the crooked serpent [He causes the serpent to flee, the misleading devils who see and know nothing].
14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him [He has done these marvelous things, but His people refuse to declare His holy one]? but the thunder [His voice, the mouth of God, the sound of the light] of his power who can understand?
Isaiah 22
15 Thus says the LORD God of hosts, Go, get you unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna [vigor, whose strength, to sit still, is now their confusion – Isaiah 30:3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion {klimmah}.], which is over the house, and say,
16 What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed you out a sepulcher [habitations for the dead] here, as he that hews him out a sepulcher on high [among the powerful], and that graves an habitation for himself in a [false] rock [in who they trust in vain – Isaiah 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!]?
17 Behold, the LORD will carry you away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover you [the understanding of His treasures].
18 He will surely violently turn and toss you like a ball into a large country: there shall you die, and there the chariots of your glory shall be the shame of your LORD’s house [where the gods of this world sit in His place].
19 And I will drive you from your station, and from your state [of a clear mind] shall he pull you down [into Sheol].
20 And it shall come to pass in that day [today is the day], that I will call my servant Eliakim [who God has raised] the son of Hilkiah [whose portion, inheritance, is Jehovah]:
21 And I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your girdle [of the high priest], and I will commit your government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.
24 And they shall hang [talah] upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
25 In that day, says the LORD of the army of heaven, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place [evil misleading, oppression, as Egypt, in which the people, in vain, trust] be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD has spoken it.
Job 28
20 From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closed from the fowls of the air.
22 Destruction [‘abaddown] and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23 God understands the way thereof, and he knows the place thereof.
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven;
25 To make the weight for the winds [to properly assess the spirit]; and he weighs the waters by measure [by assessing words, for by their word we understand the spirits of Hell and Destruction, the voices of the known dead].
26 When he made a decree for the rain [when he sent His word from heaven, as He said he would], and a way for the lightning of the thunder [His way is in giving understanding, by the mouth of His Holy one]:
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 31
2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
4 Does not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hasted to deceit;
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
11 For this [verse 5] is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12 For it [verse 5] is a fire [of Hell] that consumes to destruction [‘abaddown], and would root out all mine increase.
13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; [hereafter are the questions of judgment – judge yourself: what have you done, are your works vanity and deceit, as God sees them and has properly assessed?]
14 What then shall I do when God rises up? and when he visits, what shall I answer him?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless has not eaten thereof;
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence;
25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27 And my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveler.
33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. [The Almighty has written a Book, and through it He has answered – but as Job here, men thereby hear His voice, but do not yet see Him, as is later realized.]
36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me [It is my crowning].
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Job 42
1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
2 I know that you can do every thing, and that no thought can be withheld from you.
3 [You asked me,] “Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge?” therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4 [You said unto me,] “Hear, I beseech you, and I will speak: I will demand of you, and declare you unto me.”
5 I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye sees you.
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Romans 11
25 For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part [not seeing the Father in the son] is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as you in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief [apeitheia]:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God has concluded them all in unbelief [apeitheia], that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who has known the mind of the LORD? or who has been his counsellor?
35 Or who has first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen.
The origins of the above quotes follow, with some additional context.
Isaiah 59 [verse 26 & 27 quoted from verses 20 & 21]
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15 Yea, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD; My spirit that is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed’s seed, says the LORD, from henceforth and forever.
Isaiah 27 [part of verse 27 quoted from verse 9]
8 In measure, when it shoots forth, you will debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar [of the false church] as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images [men’s creations put in God’s place] shall not stand up.
Isaiah 40 [verses 34 & 35]
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor has taught him?
14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shown to him the way of understanding?
Psalms 96
1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
6 Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Give unto the LORD, O you kindred of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigns: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof.
12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
13 Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
