Hebrews 12:26 (KJV)

Passage

Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Hebrews 12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

Hebrews 12:26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

Hebrews 12:27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Hebrews 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "whose", "voice", "shook", "earth", "hath", "promised", "saying", and "once". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "whose" and "voice", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "See that ye refuse not him that..." into verse 27's "And this word Yet once more signifieth...", so "whose" and "voice" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "whose" and "voice" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.