LXX Concordance for οὐρανὸς

So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed.

“The heavens, indeed the highest heavens, belong to the LORD your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

“The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

So Israel dwells securely;

Jacob lives untroubled[fn]

in a land of grain and new wine;

even his skies drip with dew.

LORD, when you came from Seir,

when you marched from the fields of Edom,

the earth trembled,

the skies poured rain,

and the clouds poured water.

But will God indeed live on earth?

Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you,

much less this temple I have built.

In a little while, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and there was a downpour. So Ahab got in his chariot and went to Jezreel.

But who is able to build a temple for him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain him? Who am I then that I should build a temple for him except as a place to burn incense before him?

But will God indeed live on earth with humans?

Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you,

much less this temple I have built.

so people lie down never to rise again.

They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;

they will not stir from their sleep.

If God puts no trust in his holy ones

and the heavens are not pure in his sight,

The heavens will expose his iniquity,

and the earth will rise up against him.

The heavens are the LORD's,[fn]

but the earth he has given to the human race.

As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,

so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,

and the earth will shake from its foundations

at the wrath of the LORD of Armies,

on the day of his burning anger.

All[fn] the stars in the sky will dissolve.

The sky will roll up like a scroll,

and its stars will all wither

as leaves wither on the vine,

and foliage on the fig tree.

“Heavens, sprinkle from above,

and let the skies shower righteousness.

Let the earth open up

so that salvation will sprout

and righteousness will spring up with it.

I, the LORD, have created it.

Look up to the heavens,

and look at the earth beneath;

for the heavens will vanish like smoke,

the earth will wear out like a garment,

and its inhabitants will die like gnats.[fn]

But my salvation will last forever,

and my righteousness will never be shattered.

“For as heaven is higher than earth,

so my ways are higher than your ways,

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

“For I will create new heavens and a new earth;

the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.

“For just as the new heavens and the new earth,

which I will make,

will remain before me” —

this is the LORD's declaration —

“so your offspring and your name will remain.

Be appalled at this, heavens;

be shocked and utterly desolated!

This is the LORD's declaration.

“Because of this, the earth will mourn;

the skies above will grow dark.

I have spoken; I have planned,

and I will not relent or turn back from it.”

Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?

Or can the skies alone give showers?

Are you not the LORD our God?

We therefore put our hope in you,

for you have done all these things.

“This is what the LORD says:

Only if the heavens above can be measured

and the foundations of the earth below explored,

will I reject all of Israel's descendants

because of all they have done —

this is the LORD's declaration.

Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens

and fortify her tall fortresses,

destroyers will come against her from me.

This is the LORD's declaration.

On that day I will respond —

this is the LORD's declaration.

I will respond to the sky,

and it will respond to the earth.

The LORD will roar from Zion

and make his voice heard from Jerusalem;

heaven and earth will shake.

But the LORD will be a refuge for his people,

a stronghold for the Israelites.

“So on your account,[fn]

the skies have withheld the dew

and the land its crops.

“For they will sow in peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the skies will yield their dew. I will give the remnant of this people all these things as an inheritance.