Isaiah 29:6
New International Version
the LORD Almighty will come with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with windstorm and tempest and flames of a devouring fire.

New Living Translation
I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will act for you with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and storm and consuming fire.

English Standard Version
you will be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.

Berean Standard Bible
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
You will be punished by the LORD of hosts With thunder and earthquake and great noise, With storm and tempest And the flame of devouring fire.

New American Standard Bible
From the LORD of armies you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

NASB 1995
From the LORD of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

NASB 1977
From the LORD of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

Legacy Standard Bible
From Yahweh of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

Amplified Bible
You will be punished by the LORD of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

Christian Standard Bible
you will be punished by the LORD of Armies with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise, storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise, storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
I, the LORD All-Powerful, will come to your rescue with a thundering earthquake and a fiery whirlwind.

English Revised Version
She shall be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD of Armies will punish you with thunder, earthquakes, and loud noises, with windstorms, rainstorms, and fire storms.

Good News Translation
the LORD Almighty will rescue you with violent thunderstorms and earthquakes. He will send windstorms and raging fire;

International Standard Version
you will be visited by the LORD of the Heavenly Armies— with thunder, an earthquake, and great noise, with a windstorm, a tempest, and flames from a devouring fire.

Majority Standard Bible
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.

NET Bible
Judgment will come from the LORD who commands armies, accompanied by thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise, by a strong gale, a windstorm, and a consuming flame of fire.

New Heart English Bible
She will be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder, with earthquake, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

World English Bible
She will be visited by Yahweh of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You are inspected by YHWH of Hosts, "" With thunder, and with an earthquake, "" And great noise, windstorm, and whirlwind, "" And flame of devouring fire.

Young's Literal Translation
By Jehovah of Hosts thou art inspected, With thunder, and with an earthquake, And great noise, hurricane, and whirlwind, And flame of devouring fire.

Smith's Literal Translation
From Jehovah of armies shalt thou be reviewed, with thunder and with shaking, and a great voice, whirlwind and storm, and the flames of consuming fire.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it shall be at an instant suddenly. A visitation shall come from the Lord of hosts in thunder, and with earthquake, and with a great noise of whirlwind and tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And this will happen suddenly and swiftly. It will be visited from the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquakes, and with the great noise of a whirlwind and a storm, and with a flame of devouring fire.

New American Bible
you shall be visited by the LORD of hosts, With thunder, earthquake, and great noise, whirlwind, storm, and the flame of consuming fire.

New Revised Standard Version
you will be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
You shall be visited by the LORD of hosts with earthquakes, thunder, and great noise, with storm and tempest and the flame of devouring fire.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
From before LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts you shall be visited in an earthquake, and in thunder and in a great noise and in tearing out of hair and in a hurricane and in flame of burning fire
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
There shall be a visitation from the LORD of hosts With thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, With whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
from the Lord of Hosts: for there shall be a visitation with thunder, and earthquake, and a loud noise, a rushing tempest, and devouring flame of fire.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Woe to the City of David
5But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant, 6you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire. 7All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,…

Cross References
Revelation 11:13
And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Matthew 24:7
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Ezekiel 38:19-20
In My zeal and fiery rage I proclaim that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. / The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.

Nahum 1:3-6
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet. / He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts. / The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers. ...

Joel 2:10-11
Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness. / The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?

Amos 1:1
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Psalm 18:7-15
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. / Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. / He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. ...

Zechariah 14:5
You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.

1 Kings 19:11-12
Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. / After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.

Hebrews 12:26
At 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.”

Haggai 2:6-7
For 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. / I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.

Acts 4:31
After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

2 Samuel 22:8-16
Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. / Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. / He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. ...

Revelation 16:18
And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall 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.

Isaiah 5:26-30
And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: …

Isaiah 28:2
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

Isaiah 30:30
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

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Isaiah 29
1. God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem
7. The insatiableness of her enemies
9. The senselessness
13. And deep hypocrisy of the people
17. A promise of sanctification to the godly














you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts
This phrase indicates a divine intervention by God, often associated with judgment or deliverance. The title "LORD of Hosts" emphasizes God's sovereignty and command over the armies of heaven. In the context of Isaiah, this visitation is a response to the spiritual blindness and hypocrisy of the people. The concept of God visiting His people is seen throughout the Bible, such as in Exodus 3:16, where God visits to deliver Israel from Egypt, and in Luke 1:68, where God visits to bring redemption.

with thunder and earthquake and loud noise
These elements are often associated with theophanies, where God reveals Himself in a dramatic and powerful manner. Thunder and earthquakes symbolize God's power and the awe-inspiring nature of His presence, as seen in Exodus 19:16-18 during the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai. The "loud noise" can be seen as a metaphor for the overwhelming nature of God's judgment, as well as a literal description of the natural phenomena accompanying His presence.

with windstorm and tempest
Windstorms and tempests are frequently used in Scripture to depict God's judgment and the chaos that accompanies it. In Job 38:1, God speaks to Job out of a whirlwind, demonstrating His control over creation. These elements also symbolize the destructive power of God's wrath against sin, as seen in the judgment against Nineveh in Nahum 1:3-8. The imagery conveys the idea that God's judgment is both inevitable and inescapable.

and consuming flame of fire
Fire is a common biblical symbol for purification and judgment. It represents God's holiness and the consuming nature of His presence, as seen in Deuteronomy 4:24, where God is described as a "consuming fire." This imagery is also present in the New Testament, where fire is associated with the final judgment (2 Thessalonians 1:7-8). The consuming fire can be seen as a type of Christ, who purifies and refines believers, as well as judges the wicked.

Persons / Places / Events
1. The LORD of Hosts
This title emphasizes God's supreme authority and power over all heavenly armies. It underscores His ability to execute judgment and deliverance.

2. Jerusalem
The context of Isaiah 29 is a prophecy concerning Jerusalem, often referred to as Ariel. The city is facing impending judgment due to its spiritual blindness and hypocrisy.

3. Thunder, Earthquake, Whirlwind, Tempest, Flames of Consuming Fire
These are manifestations of God's power and judgment. They symbolize divine intervention and the awe-inspiring nature of God's presence.
Teaching Points
God's Sovereignty in Judgment
Recognize that God is in control of all events, including natural phenomena, and uses them to accomplish His purposes.

The Seriousness of Sin
Understand that God's judgment is a response to sin and spiritual complacency. It calls for repentance and a return to faithfulness.

The Power of God's Presence
Reflect on the awe-inspiring nature of God's presence, which should lead to reverence and worship.

Hope in Divine Intervention
Even in judgment, there is hope for restoration. God's interventions are ultimately aimed at bringing His people back to Himself.

Living in Reverence
Live with a sense of reverence and awe for God, acknowledging His power and holiness in daily life.(6) Thou shalt be visited . . .--Better, She (i.e., Jerusalem). The words may be figurative, but they may also be literal. Some terrific storm, acting as an "angel of the Lord" (Isaiah 37:36; Psalm 104:4), should burst at once upon Jerusalem and the hosts that were encamped against her, bringing to her safety, but to them destruction. As in the next verse, the "multitude of all nations" of the great host of Assyria should be as "a dream, a vision of the night."

Verse 6. - Thou shalt be visited; literally, shall there be a visitation. On whom the visitation will fall is not expressed; but the context shows that it is on the enemies of Judah. The terrible nature of the visitation is signified by an enumeration of the most fearful of God's judgments - "thunder, earthquake, great noise, whirlwind, tern-pest, and a flame of devouring fire." All the expressions are probably metaphorical.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
you will be visited
תִּפָּקֵ֔ד (tip·pā·qêḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

by
מֵעִ֨ם (mê·‘im)
Preposition-m
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

the LORD
יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

of Hosts
צְבָאוֹת֙ (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

with thunder
בְּרַ֥עַם (bə·ra·‘am)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7482: A peal of thunder

and earthquake
וּבְרַ֖עַשׁ (ū·ḇə·ra·‘aš)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7494: Vibration, bounding, uproar

and loud
גָּד֑וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

noise,
וְק֣וֹל (wə·qō·wl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

with windstorm
סוּפָה֙ (sū·p̄āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5492: A storm wind

and tempest
וּסְעָרָ֔ה (ū·sə·‘ā·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5591: A hurricane

and flame
וְלַ֖הַב (wə·la·haḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3851: A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon

of consuming
אוֹכֵלָֽה׃ (’ō·w·ḵê·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

fire.
אֵ֥שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire


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