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# He is the one who sits above the horizon of the earth
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The prophet speaks of Yahweh ruling the earth as if Yahweh were seated on a throne above the earth.
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# the inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him
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The prophet compares the way Yahweh considers humans to the way humans would consider grasshoppers. Just as grasshoppers are small to humans, humans are small and weak before God.
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# He stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to live in
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"He spreads out the heavens as easily as a person would stretch out a curtain or erect a tent in which to live"
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