en_tn/isa/40/21.md

translationWords

• en:tw:earth
• en:tw:foundation
• en:tw:heaven
• en:tw:tent

translationNotes

• Isaiah continues speaking to God's people.
• Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? - Isaiah uses these questions to emphasize that the people should know how great God is. AT: "You certainly do know and have heard! It has been told to you from the beginning; even from when God created the earth!" (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
• He is the one who sits above the horizon of the earth - AT: "God rules over the entire earth."
• the inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him - A grasshopper is a small insect. This emphasizes how small and weak people are before God. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_simile)
• He stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to live in - This emphasizes God's power to create the heavens.