Isaiah 2:19
And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.
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In Context
18And the images will never be seen again.
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:11And they let the Philistine force see the two of them: and the Philistines said, Look! the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have taken cover.
Psalms 7:6\7:5\Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
Psalms 76:7\76:6\At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep has overcome carriage and horse.
Isaiah 2:10Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.
Isaiah 7:19And they will come, covering all the waste valleys, and the holes of the rocks, and the thorns, and all the watering-places.
Jeremiah 16:16See, I will send for great numbers of fishermen, says the Lord, and they will take them like fish in a net; and after that, I will send for numbers of bowmen, and they will go after them, driving them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 2:11-22
The Doom of Idolaters. ( b. c. 758.) 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord , and for the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all… Read the whole commentary →