Text: Isaiah 28:21
OT Text Referred to: Joshua 10:10
Subject: reversal of divine intervention at Mount Perazim and Gibeon
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Contrast
Significance: Isaiah 28:21 refers to the LORD rousing Himself "as in the Valley of Gibeon" (כְּעֵמֶק בְּגִבְעוֹן, ke'emeq beGiv'on), recalling Joshua 10:10 where "the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel" at the battle of Gibeon — one of Israel's most miraculous military victories, accompanied by hailstones from heaven and the sun standing still. Isaiah takes this paradigmatic act of divine warfare for Israel and threatens its reversal: God will now direct the same devastating power against His own unfaithful people. This is what Isaiah calls God's "strange work" — the same God who fought for Israel at Gibeon will fight against Israel with equal ferocity.
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Text: Joshua 10:10
OT Text Referred to: Isaiah 28:21
Subject: God's battle at Gibeon
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Isaiah 28:21 explicitly names the Valley of Gibeon (עֵמֶק גִּבְעוֹן) as a paradigmatic example of God's warrior activity, directly recalling the battle of Joshua 10:10 where the LORD threw the Amorites into confusion (הָמָם, hamam) and hurled great hailstones upon them. Isaiah's rhetorical shock lies in the reversal: the same divine warrior power once deployed for Israel at Gibeon will now be turned against Israel itself as God's "strange work" (מַעֲשֵׂהוּ זָר, ma'asehu zar). By invoking this specific historical memory, Isaiah transforms a celebrated salvation event into a warning of judgment, demonstrating that God's sovereignty operates without partiality.