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Isaiah 29:6
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Isaiah addresses Jerusalem (Ariel) immediately after declaring that besieging armies will vanish like chaff. The moment captures the sudden transition from human warfare to divine intervention.
The words — תִּפָּקֵד (ti.pa.Ked) literally renders "you will be visited," denoting a decisive divine encounter. בְּרַעַם (be./Ra.'am) translates to "with thunder," specifying the auditory component of that visitation.
The thread — The text describes the LORD of Hosts visiting the city with thunder, earthquake, loud noise, windstorm, tempest, and consuming flame. This sequence of judgmental forces parallels the cosmic upheaval described in 1 Samuel 2:10, Matthew 24:7, and Mark 13:8.
Why it lands — The passage states that hostile nations will be dismantled by uncontrolled natural forces rather than human strategy. It requires readers to acknowledge that sovereign intervention operates outside human military calculations and demands immediate recalibration of trust.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
Cross-references
- Mark 13:8 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
- 1 Samuel 2:10 Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
- Matthew 24:7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
- Revelation 11:19 Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
- Revelation 16:18 And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.
- 1 Samuel 12:17 Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
- 2 Samuel 22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
- Isaiah 5:26 He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
- Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
- Isaiah 30:30 And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.