Lexicon :: Strong's H3245 - yāsaḏ

Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates.”

In the fourth year [of King Solomon’s reign] the foundation of the LORD’S house was laid, in the [second] month, Ziv (April-May).

The foundation was of expensive stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

Now when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with their cymbals, to praise the LORD in accordance with the directions of David king of Israel.

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?

Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.

The kings of the earth take their stand;

And the rulers take counsel together

Against the LORD and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength

Because of Your adversaries,

That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.

For He has founded it upon the seas

And established it upon the streams and the rivers.

For I have heard the slander and whispering of many,

Terror is on every side;

While they schemed together against me,

They plotted to take away my life.

And He built His sanctuary [exalted] like the heights [of the heavens],

Like the earth which He has established forever.

The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;

The world and all that is in it, You have founded and established them.

“At the beginning You founded the earth;

The heavens are the work of Your hands.

He established the earth on its foundations,

So that it will not be moved forever and ever.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

To the place which You established for them.

Of old I have known from Your testimonies

That You have founded them forever.

The LORD by His wisdom has founded the earth;

By His understanding He has established the heavens.

“His legs are [strong and steady] pillars of alabaster

Set upon pedestals of fine gold.

His appearance is like Lebanon,

Stately and choice as the cedars.

“Then what answer will one give the messengers of the [Philistine] nation?

That the LORD has founded Zion,

And the afflicted of His people will seek and find refuge in it.”

Now look at the land of the Chaldeans (Babylonia)—this is the people which was not; the Assyrians allocated Tyre for desert creatures—they set up their [fn]siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin.

Therefore the Lord GOD says this,

“Listen carefully, I am laying in Zion a Stone, a tested Stone,

A precious Cornerstone for the [secure] foundation, firmly placed.

He who believes [who trusts in, relies on, and adheres to that Stone] will not [fn]be disturbed or give way [in sudden panic].

“It is I who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd (ruler),

And he will carry out all that I desire—’

Saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall [again] be built,’

And of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall [again] be laid.’”

“My hand founded and established the earth,

And My right hand spread out the heavens;

When I call to them, they stand together [in obedience to carry out My decrees].

That you have forgotten the LORD your Maker,

Who stretched out the heavens

And laid the foundations of the earth,

That you continually tremble with fear all day long because of the rage of the oppressor,

As he takes aim to destroy?

And where is the rage of the oppressor?

“O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed, and not comforted,

Listen carefully, I will set your [precious] stones in mortar,

And lay your foundations with sapphires.

It is He who builds His upper chambers in the heavens

And has established His vaulted dome (the firmament of heaven) over the earth,

He who calls to the waters of the sea

And pours them out on the face of the earth—

The LORD is His name.

Are You not from everlasting,

O LORD, my God, My Holy One?

We will not die.

O LORD, You have appointed the Chaldeans [who rule in Babylon] to execute [Your] judgment,

And You, O Rock, have established them to correct and chastise.

“Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Let your hands be strong, you who in these days hear these words from the mouths of the prophets who, on the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, foretold that the temple might be rebuilt.

The [fn]oracle (a burdensome message) of the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

Thus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him: