The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
The burden weighty prophecy х masaa' (H4853)], fraught with destruction to Israel's foes; the expression may also refer to the distresses of Israel implied as about to precede the deliverance.
Of the word of the Lord for Israel - concerning Israel (Maurer).
The Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens - present: now; not merely 'hath stretched forth,' as if God only created and then left the universe to itself (John 5:17, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work"). To remove all doubts of unbelief as to the possibility of Israel's deliverance, God prefaces the prediction of it, and of the new and blessed order of things on earth which shall follow, by reminding us of His creative and sustaining power (cf. a similar preface, Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 65:17-18).
And formeth the spirit of man within him - (Numbers 16:22; Hebrews 12:9).