Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”
- KJV Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
- NKJV Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!”
- NASB “Be silent, all mankind, before the Lord; for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
- NLT Be silent before the Lord, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.”
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Quick answer
All flesh is called to be silent before Yahweh, who has roused Himself to act from His holy dwelling. God is about to move in power.
Overview
The summons to silence is the proper response to God stirring to accomplish His purposes; human noise and self-assertion must cease before His majesty. This anticipates decisive divine action on behalf of His people. It calls every generation to reverent stillness as God works out His salvation, supremely in the coming of His Son.
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Cross-references · 18
- Hab 2:20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
- Zeph 1:7Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
- Ps 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
- Ps 78:65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
- Ps 46:10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
- Zeph 3:8Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
- Isa 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
- Rom 9:20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
- Isa 26:20–21Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
- Ps 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- Isa 42:13–15The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
- Deut 26:15Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
- Rom 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Jer 25:30So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
- 2 Chr 30:27Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
- Isa 63:15Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
- Isa 57:5who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
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