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.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- BSB a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the 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.
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- Isa 25:4For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.
- Ps 27:5For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
- Isa 32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
- Prov 18:10Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
- Isa 8:14He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- Rev 7:16They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;
- Isa 32:18–19My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
- Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- Ps 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Ps 121:5–6Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
- Heb 11:7By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
- Ezek 11:16“Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come.”’
- Matt 7:24–27“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
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