By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Ver. 6. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made] His fiat, or, Let them be, gave them a being. Or, by his essential Word, which is his Son, the second person in Trinity, Pro 8:27 John 1:3 Col 1:16 Hebrews 1:2. Solo ipsius iussuet nutu.
And all the host of them] These are first mentioned, because the most glorious of all the works of God, so Psalms 19:1 .
By the breath of his mouth] By his word and command. Or rather, by his Holy Spirit, the third person in Trinity, inseparable from the other two, as well in essence as in operation. See Genesis 1:1,2. See Trapp on " Gen 1:1 " See Trapp on " Gen 1:1 " It hath been elsewhere noted, that in Thebe, a town of Egypt, they worshipped a God whom they acknowledged to be immortal. But how painted they him? In the likeness of a man blowing an egg out of his mouth; to signify, that he made the round world by his word, and by the breath of his mouth, as here. Varro addeth, that in way of thankfulness, they dedicated a sheep to him, to be offered in sacrifice (Plut. de Iside et Osiride; Varro de Re Rust. l. ii. cap. 1). This text was commonly urged by the ancients for the Trinity of persons in the Godhead; which Olympus, an Arian bishop, denying, was struck with three thunderbolts and killed in a bath.