Isaiah 40: 12 States

Isaiah 40:12 states, “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?” This statement reflects a monotheist outlook as YHWH’s powers are deemed incomparable to any other. As he is the creator of all that exists both on earth and in heaven, he is the one and only true God. This made it into the final redaction of the Pentateuch as it supports monotheism, the new belief in Jewish faith after exile. This passage clearly relies the message that the YHWH is the creator of all and therefore was written into the final redaction and continued to be believed throughout history.

Isaiah 44:6 states,