Bible Strands
Isaiah 4:6
a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet conveys a divine declaration to Israel concerning Mount Zion and its assemblies, describing a future provision that follows God's establishment of a visible canopy over the city.
The words — סֻכָּה (sukkah) = shelter and מִסְתּוֹר (mistor) = hiding place function as literal environmental coverings against heat and storm.
The thread — The motif of divine shelter against weather and distress appears in Isaiah 25:4, Psalms 27:5, and Isaiah 32:2.
Why it lands — The text states that God's presence will physically shield the community from environmental threats, requiring the reader to accept reliance on divine provision rather than human defenses.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 25:4 For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
- Psalms 27:5 For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- Isaiah 32:2 Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
- Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Isaiah 8:14 And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
- Psalms 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 121:5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
- Isaiah 32:18 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
- Hebrews 6:18 Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.