Isaiah 4:6

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
tabernacle	וְסֻכָּ֛ה ve.su.Kah	H5521	a hut or lair · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
shadow	לְצֵל le.tzel-	H6738	shade · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
daytime	יוֹמָ֖ם yo.Mam	H3119	daily · adverb
heat	מֵחֹ֑רֶב me.Cho.rev	H2721	drought or desolation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
refuge	וּלְמַחְסֶה֙ u.le.mach.Seh	H4268	a shelter (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
covert	וּלְמִסְתּ֔וֹר u.le.mis.Tor	H4563	a refuge · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
storm	מִזֶּ֖רֶם mi.Ze.rem	H2230	a gush of water · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
rain	וּמִמָּטָֽר u.mi.ma.Tar	H4306	rain · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 25:4 For 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 th…
Psalms 27:5 For 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 roc…
Isaiah 32:2 And 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 gr…
Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Isaiah 8:14 And 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 sn…
Psalms 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalms 121:5-6 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Isaiah 32:18-19 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 4:2–end

By the foregoing threatenings Jerusalem is brought into a very deplorable condition: every thing looks melancholy. But here the sun breaks out from behind the cloud. Many exceedingly great and precious promises we have in these verses, giving assurance of comfort which may be discerned through the troubles, and of happy days which shall come after them, and these certainly point at the kingdom of the Messiah, and the great redemption to be wrought out by him, under the figure and type of the restoration of Judah and Jerusalem by the reforming reign of Hezekiah after Ahaz and the return out of their captivity in Babylon; to both these events the passage may have some reference, but chiefly to…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 4:5

create--The "new creation" needs as much God's creative omnipotence, as the material creation (Co2 4:6; Eph 2:10). So it shall be in the case of the Holy Jerusalem to come (Isa 65:17-18). upon--The pillar of cloud stood over the tabernacle, as symbol of God's favor and presence (Exo 13:21-22; Psa 91:1). Both on individual families ("every dwelling") and on the general sacred "assemblies" (Lev 23:2). The "cloud" became a "fire" by night in order to be seen by the Lord's people. upon all the glory--"upon the glorious whole"; namely, the Lord's people and sanctuary [MAURER]. May it not mean, "Upon whatever the glory (the Shekinah spoken of in the previous clause) shall rest, there shall be…

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John Gill on Isaiah 4:6

And there shall be a tabernacle,.... Christ, who tabernacled in our nature, and is the minister of the true tabernacle, which God pitched, and not man; who will be spiritually present in the word and ordinances, where the shepherds pitch their tents; and who will be that to his people as shepherds' tents are to them, to which the allusion is: for a shadow in the day time from the heat: from the heat of a fiery law, which works wrath; from the flaming sword of justice, which calls for vengeance; from the wrath of God, which is poured forth like fire; from Satan's temptations, compared to fiery darts; and from the violence of persecution; for there will be no more after the last struggle of t…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 6) But protection is above all glory. And it will be a tabernacle for shade from the heat during the day, and for security and hiding from the whirlwind and rain. The Jews interpret this place as referring to Antichrist, whom they believe will be defended by the Lord from a mighty adversary represented by the whirlwind and storm. However, we refer everything to the first coming of Christ, of whom we also read in the Psalms: He protected me in the hiding place of His tabernacle; on a rock He exalted me (Psalm 27:9-10). On this rock, the Church is founded and is not shaken by any storm or overturned by any wind. The majority of the Jews understand both these things and all the things which are associated with them, concerning the captivity in Babylon and the return to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Dictionary and topics

Tent — (1.) Heb. ‘ohel (Gen. 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isa. 16:5; Jer. 4:20), and of the temple (Ezek. 41:1). When used of the tabernacle, as in 1 Kings…
Protection · Is vouchsafed to saints in: Providing a refuge for them — Is vouchsafed to saints in: Providing a refuge for them
Rain · Often impeded travelling in the east — Often impeded travelling in the east
Tabernacle · Illustrative: Of Christ — Illustrative: Of Christ

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 4:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 4:2–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 4:5

John Gill on Isaiah 4:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 4:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 4:2–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 4:5

John Gill on Isaiah 4:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 4:6–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 4:6–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 4:6

Rashi on Isaiah 4:6