Isaiah 42:5

42:5 This is what the true God, ¹  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, ² 

the one who gives breath to the people on it,

and life to those who live on it: ³ 

Isaiah 45:18

45:18 For this is what the Lord says,

the one who created the sky –

he is the true God, ⁴ 

the one who formed the earth and made it;

he established it,

he did not create it without order, ⁵ 

he formed it to be inhabited –

“I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Exodus 20:11

20:11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Psalms 102:25

102:25 In earlier times you established the earth;

the skies are your handiwork.

Hebrews 1:10-12

1:10 And,

“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, ⁶ 

and the heavens are the works of your hands.

1:11 They will perish, but you continue.

And they will all grow old like a garment,

1:12 and like a robe you will fold them up

and like a garment ⁷  they will be changed,

but you are the same and your years will never run out.” ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “the God.” The definite article here indicates distinctiveness or uniqueness.

² tn Heb “and its offspring” (so NASB); NIV “all that comes out of it.”

³ tn Heb “and spirit [i.e., “breath”] to the ones walking in it” (NAB, NASB, and NRSV all similar).

⁴ tn Heb “he [is] the God.” The article here indicates uniqueness.

⁵ tn Or “unformed.” Gen 1:2 describes the world as “unformed” (תֹהוּ, tohu) prior to God’s creative work, but God then formed the world and made it fit for habitation.

⁶ sn You founded the earth…your years will never run out. In its original setting Ps 102:25-27 refers to the work of God in creation, but here in Hebrews 1:10-12 the writer employs it in reference to Christ, the Lord, making a strong argument for the essential deity of the Son.

⁷ tc The words “like a garment” (ὡς ἱμάτιον, Jw" Jimation) are found in excellent and early mss (Ì⁴⁶ א A B D* 1739) though absent in a majority of witnesses (D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 Ï lat sy bo). Although it is possible that longer reading was produced by overzealous scribes who wanted to underscore the frailty of creation, it is much more likely that the shorter reading was produced by scribes who wanted to conform the wording to that of Ps 102:26 (101:27 LXX), which here lacks the second “like a garment.” Both external and internal considerations decidedly favor the longer reading, and point to the author of Hebrews as the one underscoring the difference between the Son and creation.

⁸ sn A quotation from Ps 102:25-27.