“But I am the Lord your God, Ever since the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, As in the days of the appointed feast.
Parallel translations
- WEB “But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
- KJV And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
- BSB But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
- NASB But I have been the Lord your God since the land of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, As in the days of the appointed festival.
- NLT “But I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt. And I will make you live in tents again, as you do each year at the Festival of Shelters.
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Quick answer
God reminds Israel that he is their God since Egypt and may again make them dwell in tents as in the wilderness. It warns of humbling judgment while recalling his covenant claim.
Overview
The reference to tents and the solemn feast, likely Tabernacles, recalls the wilderness years and the festival that commemorated them. The statement can carry both the threat of renewed homelessness and the hope of renewed fellowship with God. Either way it reasserts that Yahweh, not their wealth, is their true and abiding God.
Cross-references & the web
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- Lev 23:40–43You shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God seven days.
- Ps 81:10I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
- 2 Sam 7:2the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”
- Neh 8:15–17and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and get olive branches, branches of wild olive, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make temporary shelters, as it is written.”
- Hos 13:4“Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
- Num 15:41I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Yahweh your God.”
- Zech 14:16–19It will happen that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies, and to keep the feast of tents.
- Jer 35:7You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, or have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you live.’
- John 7:2Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
- Lev 19:36You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Heb 11:9–13By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
- Lev 26:13I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.
- Exod 20:2“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Gen 25:27The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
- Ezra 3:4They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
- Mic 6:4For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
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