◄ Isaiah 2:21 ►
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Good News Translation
When the LORD comes to shake the earth, people will hide in holes and caves in the rocky hills to try to escape from his anger and to hide from his power and glory.

New Revised Standard Version
to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts in the crags, from the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD will be fearsome, marvelous, and glorious when he comes to terrify people on earth--they will hide in caves and in the hills.

New American Bible
And they shall go into caverns in the rocks and into crevices in the cliffs, At the terror of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, as he rises to overawe the earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall go into the clefts of rocks, and into the holes of stones from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he shall go into the clefts of rocks, and into the holes of stones from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.

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Isaiah 2:10,19 Enter thou into the rock, and hide thee in the pit from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty. . . .

Exodus 33:22 And when my glory shall pass, I will set thee in a hole of the rock, and protect thee with my righthand till I pass:

Job 30:6 They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.

Songs 2:14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.

Context
The Day of Reckoning
…20In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he had made for himself to adore, moles and bats. 21And he shall go into the clefts of rocks, and into the holes of stones from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.22Cease ye therefore from the man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high.…
Cross References
Job 9:6
Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

Isaiah 2:10
Enter thou into the rock, and hide thee in the pit from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.

Isaiah 2:19
And they shall go into the holes of rocks, and into the caves of the earth from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.

Isaiah 24:18
And it shall come to pass, that he that shall flee from the noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall rid himself out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the flood-gates from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.

Isaiah 33:10
Now will I rise up, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.

Jeremiah 16:16
Behold I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them: and after this I will send them many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill and out of the holes of the rocks.

Isaiah 2:20
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