a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.
Parallel translations
- WEB There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
- KJV And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
- NKJV And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.
- NASB And there will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain.
- NLT It will be a shelter from daytime heat and a hiding place from storms and rain.
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Quick answer
God's presence will be a shelter giving shade from heat and refuge from storm and rain. It assures the remnant of protection and security under the Lord's care.
Overview
The imagery of a pavilion or booth providing refuge completes the chapter's vision of restored Zion, where God Himself is the people's protection. This security is not earned but graciously given to the purified remnant. It foreshadows the ultimate refuge believers find in Christ, who shelters His people from wrath and gives them rest.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 25:4For 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,
- Ps 27:5For 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.
- Isa 32:2Each 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.
- Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Isa 8:14And 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.
- Rev 7:16‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- Isa 32:18–19Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
- Heb 6:18Thus 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.
- Ps 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Ps 121:5–6The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
- Heb 11:7By 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.
- Ezek 11:16Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
- Matt 7:24–27Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
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