Isaiah 2:21

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁰Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty. ¹¹The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. ¹²For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted-it will be humbled- ¹³against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, ¹⁴against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills, ¹⁵against every high tower, against every fortified wall, ¹⁶against every ship of Tarshish, and every stately vessel. ¹⁷So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day, ¹⁸and the idols will vanish completely. ¹⁹Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

Bible Verse Review
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go: Isaiah 2:10, Isaiah 2:19, Exodus 33:22, Job 30:6, Song of Solomon 2:14

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:46 - out Job 2:4 - all that Job 9:6 - shaketh Isaiah 7:19 - in the holes Isaiah 10:3 - where Isaiah 30:22 - defile Isaiah 32:11 - be troubled Isaiah 44:9 - and their Jeremiah 49:8 - dwell Jeremiah 49:16 - dwellest Ezekiel 20:7 - Cast Zephaniah 1:18 - their silver Matthew 18:8 - and cast Acts 19:19 - and burned 2 Thessalonians 1:9 - the glory Revelation 21:23 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 15:12
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and water jug by Saul's head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

Job 4:13
In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

Proverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

Daniel 8:18
While he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To go into the clifts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks,.... That is, the idolaters shall either go there themselves; or they shall cause their idols to go there, thither they shall cast them; though the former sense seems the best, because of what follows,

for fear of the Lord, &c. :- :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To go - That is, that he may go.

Clefts of the rocks - see the note at Isaiah 2:19.

Into the tops ... - The tops of such rocks were not easily accessible, and were, therefore, deemed places of safety. We may remark here, how vain were the refuges to which they would resort - as if they were safe from “God,” when they had fled to the places in which they sought safety from “man.” The image here is, however, one that is very sublime. The earth shaking; the consternation and alarm of the people; their renouncing confidence in all to which they had trusted; their rapid flight; and their appearing on the high projecting cliffs, are all sublime and terrible images. They denote the severity of God’s justice, and the image is a faint representation of the consternation of people when Christ shall come to judge the earth; Revelation 6:15-17.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 2:21. Isaiah 2:19.