Haggai 2:6 → Isaiah 13:13

Both Haggai 2:6 and Isaiah 13:13 employ the language of cosmic shaking—God making the heavens tremble and the earth shake from its place. Isaiah 13:13 uses this imagery in the context of Babylon's judgment: "I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts." Haggai 2:6 appropriates this same theophanic shaking motif but redirects it toward eschatological hope: God will shake all nations so that their treasures flow into the rebuilt temple. The allusion transforms Isaiah's judgment oracle into a promise of restoration, showing that the same divine power that topples empires will glorify God's house. Isaiah's verb אַרְגִּיז (argiz, from רגז) and Haggai's מַרְעִישׁ (mar'ish, from רעש) are different Hebrew roots for "shake/tremble," underscoring that the two prophets echo a shared theophanic motif rather than quote a single fixed formula.