Isaiah 18:4
For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. An oracle to the land of whirring wings — probably Ethiopia — summoning the nations as witnesses to God's deliberate waiting before acting. The imagery of harvest pruning precedes God's judgment. The Ethiopians will bring tribute to the Lord of …
Other Translations
For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
For thus said Jehovah unto me, `I rest, and I look on My settled place, As a clear heat on an herb. As a thick cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.
Cross References
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as …
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of …
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of …
In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and …
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in …
For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the …
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, …