Isaiah 2:21

Fleeing into caves of the rocks, and clefts of the craggy rocks, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty, When he ariseth to make the earth tremble.

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In The King James Version

To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

In Context

20At that time shall men cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they have made to worship, To the moles and the bats;

22Trust, then, no more in man, Whose breath is in his nostrils! For what account is to be made of him!

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Cross References

Job 30:6They dwell in gloomy valleys, In caves of the earth and in rocks.

Isaiah 2:10Go into the rock, hide yourselves in the dust, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty!

Isaiah 7:19And they shall come, and light all of them In the desolate valleys, and fissures of the rocks, And upon all hedges, and upon all pastures.

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 →

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