Isaiah 2:21

The people will go into the crevices in the rocks and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, 1 from the terror of Yahweh and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth. 1

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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

20On that day people will throw away their idols of silver and of gold 1 that they have made for themselves to worship—they will throw them away to the moles and bats. 1

22Stop trusting in man, whose life-breath is in his nostrils, 1 for what does he amount to?

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Cross References

Exodus 33:22While my glory passes by, I will put you in a crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

Job 30:6So they had to live in river valleys, 1 in holes of the earth and of the rocks. 1

Isaiah 2:10Go into the rocky places and hide in the ground 1 from the terror of Yahweh and from the glory of his majesty. 1

Isaiah 7:19They will all come and settle down into all the gorges, into the clefts of the rocks, 1 on all the thornbushes, and onto all the 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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