Isaiah 2:19
When Yahweh comes to shake/terrify the people on the earth, they will run to hide in caves in rock cliffs and in holes/pits in the ground, because of being afraid of Yahweh and of his glorious and awesome power.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
18All idols will ◄disappear/be destroyed►.
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:11When the two of them crossed the valley, the Philistia soldiers saw them coming. They said, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes in which they have been hiding!”
Psalms 7:6But Yahweh, because you are very angry with those who pursue me, arise and attack/defeat my enemies who are furiously/angrily attacking me Do to them what is just!
Psalms 76:7But you cause everyone to be afraid. When you are angry and you punish people, no one can [RHQ] endure it.
Isaiah 2:10All you people should crawl into the caves in the rock cliffs! You should hide in pits/holes in the ground because of being afraid of Yahweh and of his glorious and awesome power.
Isaiah 7:19They will all come and settle/live everywhere—in the narrow valleys and caves in the rock cliffs, on land where there are thornbushes as well as on the fertile land.
Jeremiah 16:16But now I am summoning your enemies who will seize the people of Judah like [MET] fishermen catch fish. I am summoning those who will search for them on every mountain and hill, and in every cave, like [MET] hunters search for animals to kill.
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 →