Text: Haggai 2:6
OT Text Referred to: Isaiah 13:13
Subject: God shaking the heavens and earth in judgment
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Hag 2:6 — Yet Once More I Will Shake
Significance: 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.
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Text: Isaiah 13:13
OT Text Referred to: Haggai 2:6
Subject: shake the heavens and dry land
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Hag 2:6 — Yet Once More I Will Shake
Significance: Both passages use the language of cosmic shaking — Isaiah 13:13 declares "I will make the heavens tremble (אַרְגִּיז, argiz), and the earth will be shaken from its place," while Haggai 2:6 promises "I will shake (מַרְעִישׁ, mar'ish) the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land." Isaiah employs this theophanic language in the context of judgment against Babylon on the Day of the LORD; Haggai reappropriates the same cosmic-shaking imagery but turns it toward a promise of future glory for the rebuilt temple. What in Isaiah was pure judgment becomes in Haggai a prelude to the arrival of "the desired of all nations" (Hag 2:7), showing how the prophetic tradition reinterprets divine intervention motifs across different historical moments.