voice from heaven
God speaks aloud
A voice from heaven is a pronouncement that seems to come from divine authority—sudden, final, and not subject to appeal.
The phrase appears in religious contexts where God speaks directly to mortals, but extends to any authoritative declaration from an unseen or elevated source: The CEO never appears, but occasionally a voice from heaven announces layoffs.
The tone is usually ironic when secular.
- divineOf or from gods
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- angelDivine winged messenger
celestial · calling · miracle · vision · sacred · booming · from on high · commandment · burning bush · oracle · ethereal · proclamation · clouds · glory · annunciation · echoing · transcendent · spiritual
- Bible visionswheels within wheels, valley of dry bones, valley of bones, dry bones, burning bush
- prophecyprophecy, prophet, seer, prophets, prophetess
voice, voices, voiced, voicing, voiceless, vocal, vocalize, vocalise, vocalization