Isa 44:24-25

"This is what the LORD says-- your Redeemer, Who

formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, Who has

made all things, Who alone stretched out the

heavens, Who spread out the earth by Myself,

Who foils the signs of false prophets and makes

fools of diviners, Who overthrows the learning

of the wise and turns it into nonsense".

Matthew Henry Commentary

The encouragement we have to hope that though great

difficulties, and such as have been thought insuperable,

lie in the way of the church's deliverance, yet, when

the time for it shall come, they shall all be got over

with ease; for thus saith Israel's Redeemer, I am the

Lord that maketh all things, did make them at first and

am still making them; for providence is a continued

creation. All being, power, life, emotion, and perfection,

are from God. He stretches forth the heavens alone, has

no help nor needs any; and the earth too He spreads abroad

by Himself, and by His own power. Man was not by him when

He did it (Job 38:4), nor did any creature advise or

assist; only His own eternal wisdom and Word was by Him

then as one brought up with Him, (Prov. 8:30). His

stretching out the heavens by Himself denotes the

boundless extent of His power. The strongest man, if

He has to stretch a thing out, must get somebody or

other to lend a hand; but God stretched out the vast

expanse and keeps it still upon the stretch, Himself,

by His own power. Let not Israel be discouraged then;

nothing is too hard for Him to do that made the world,

(Ps. 124:8). And, having made all things, He can make

what use He pleases of all, and has it in His power

to serve His own purposes by them.