The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh’s voice shakes the wilderness. Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
- KJV The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
- NKJV The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; The Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
- NASB The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; The Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
- NLT The voice of the Lord makes the barren wilderness quake; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
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Quick answer
The Lord's voice shakes the wilderness, even the wilderness of Kadesh. It extends God's power over the desert regions.
Overview
From the northern cedars to the southern wilderness, God's voice reaches every corner of the land. No region lies beyond His sovereign reach. The shaking wilderness testifies that all creation, fertile or barren, answers to its Maker.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Num 13:26and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
- Job 9:6He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
- Isa 13:13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
- Ps 46:3though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah
- Ps 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Hag 2:6For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
- Heb 12:26At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
- Joel 3:16The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
- Hag 2:21“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:
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