Isaiah 2:19
People will run away into rock caves and holes in the ground to try and hide from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty, when he arrives to shake the earth.
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In Context
18Idols will completely vanish away.
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:11So both of them let themselves be seen by the Philistine garrison. “Hey, look!” shouted the Philistines. “The Hebrews are coming out of the holes they were hiding in.”
Psalms 7:6Stand up, Lord, in your anger, rise up against the fury of my enemies; wake up, Lord, and bring me justice!
Psalms 76:7You are terrifying—who can stand before you when you are angry?
Isaiah 2:10Run away into rock caves, hide underground from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty.
Isaiah 7:19They will all come and descend on the steep valleys and rock crevices, on all the thorn bushes and waterholes.
Jeremiah 16:16But for the moment I'm going to send for many fishermen and they'll catch them, declares the Lord. Then I'm going to send for many hunters, and they'll hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from their hiding places in 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 →