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The theophanic oracle 'the Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel' balances cosmic terror (shaking heavens and earth) with covenantal security ('hope... strength') — a characteristic prophetic combination of judgment and promise. The 'roaring from Zion' is cited in Amos 1:2 as the opening framing oracle, suggesting either literary dependence or shared tradition about Zion as the locus of divine utterance. The shaking of heavens and earth is taken up in Haggai 2:6 and applied in Hebrews 12:26-28 to the divine action that removes all that can be shaken to reveal the unshakeable kingdom. The final image of Yahweh as 'hope and strength' reverses the terrors of the preceding verses, demonstrating that the same cosmic power that terrifies the nations shelters those in covenant relationship.