Isaiah 29:6
in Isaiah 29you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
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ASV
She shall be visited of Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
KJV
Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
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This verse in Isaiah 29
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Thou shalt be visited - This is an address to the mighty army of the Assyrian. Such transitions are not uncommon in the writings of Isaiah. His eye seems to have been directed in vision to the hosts of Sennacherib, and to their sudden dispersion and destruction Isa 29:5, and by a sudden, but not unnatural transition, he turns and addresses the army itself, with the assurance that it should be punished (compare Isa 30:30). With thunder ... - The army of the Assyrian was cut off by an angel sent forth from God Isa 37:
This site's exposition
your many foes will be like fine dust
on Isaiah 29:5-6
The siege is reversed: "your many foes will be like fine dust", and it comes "suddenly, in an instant". The LORD of Hosts comes "with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest". The fall of Sennacherib's army in one night is recorded at Isaiah 37:36.
This site's exposition
visited by the LORD of Hosts
Albert Barnes takes you in this verse as the Assyrian army itself, the prophet turning in mid vision from the city to address its besiegers. Thunder, earthquake, windstorm and consuming flame gather every sign that the LORD of Hosts has gone to war. Isaiah 37 records how that army fell.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 19, verse 1, and following) Woe to Ariel, Ariel the city that David besieged. Year after year is added, the appointed feasts have come to an end. I will besiege Ariel, and she will be sad and mournful; she will be like an Ariel to me. I will encircle you like a sphere, and I will throw up a mound against you, and I will set up siege works against you.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Fourth, he sets out the destruction itself: and it shall be at an instant suddenly, metaphorically, because of the ferocity of the enemy: he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagles (Jer 4:13).
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
); her sins shall be enquired into and punished: God will reckon for them with terrible judgments, with the frightful alarms and rueful desolations of war, which shall be like thunder and earthquakes, storms and tempests, and devouring fire, especially upon the account of the great noise.
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Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Thou--the Assyrian army. thunder, &c.--not literally, in the case of the Assyrians (Isa 37:36); but figuratively for an awful judgment (Isa 30:30; The ulterior fulfilment, in the case of the Jews' foes in the last days, may be more literal (see as to "earthquake," Zec 14:4).
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The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֵעִ֨ם | meim | from with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָאוֹת֙ | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| תִּפָּקֵ֔ד | tipaked | you will be visited | H6485 → | 303 times |
| בְּרַ֥עַם | beraam | with thunder | H7482 → | |
| וּבְרַ֖עַשׁ | uveraash | and with earthquake | H7494 → | |
| וְק֣וֹל | vekol | and noise | H6963 → | 506 times |
| גָּד֑וֹל | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| סוּפָה֙ | sufah | a storm-wind | H5492 → | 16 times |
| וּסְעָרָ֔ה | usearah | and a tempest | H5591 → | 24 times |
| וְלַ֖הַב | velahav | and a flame of | H3851 → | 12 times |
| אֵ֥שׁ | ʾesh | fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| אוֹכֵלָֽה׃ | ʾokhelah | devouring | H398 → | 810 times |
מֵעִ֨םfrom with
meimH5973 →1050 times
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָאוֹת֙of hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
תִּפָּקֵ֔דyou will be visited
tipakedH6485 →303 times
בְּרַ֥עַםwith thunder
beraamH7482 →
וּבְרַ֖עַשׁand with earthquake
uveraashH7494 →
וְק֣וֹלand noise
vekolH6963 →506 times
גָּד֑וֹלgreat
gadolH1419 →526 times
סוּפָה֙a storm-wind
sufahH5492 →16 times
וּסְעָרָ֔הand a tempest
usearahH5591 →24 times
וְלַ֖הַבand a flame of
velahavH3851 →12 times
אֵ֥שׁfire
ʾeshH784 →378 times
אוֹכֵלָֽה׃devouring
ʾokhelahH398 →810 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 24:7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
it leads to
- Luke 21:11
There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
- Revelation 6:8
Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword,…
- Isaiah 19:2
“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
- Zechariah 14:13
On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.
- 2 Chronicles 15:6
Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
- Luke 21:11
Through
Revelation 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake,…
it leads to
- Revelation 4:5
From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 16:21
And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
- Ezekiel 38:22
I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
- Revelation 4:5
Where this verse is studied
About Isaiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.