Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool : what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
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Gill's Exposition
Hath not my hand made all these things? The heaven, and the earth, and all that is in them; the Arabic version renders it, "all these creatures"; and therefore what can be made for God? or what house…
Barnes' Notes
Heaven is my throne - See the notes on Mat 5:34. Earth is my footstool - See the notes on Mat 5:35. What house ... - What house or temple can be large or magnificent enough for the dwelling of Him who…
Two things we have in these verses: -
I. Stephen upbraids them with the idolatry of their fathers, which God gave them up to, as a punishment for their early forsaking him in worshipping the golden…
Cambridge Bible
Heaven is my throne, &c. The quotation is nearly verbatim from the LXX.
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