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.
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.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 25:4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
- Ps 27:5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
- Isa 32:2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
- Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- Isa 8:14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- Rev 7:16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
- Isa 32:18–19And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
- Heb 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Ps 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Ps 121:5–6The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
- Heb 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
- Ezek 11:16Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
- Matt 7:24–27Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
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