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Isaiah 2:21 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 2 · verse 21
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.Isaiah 2:21 · King James Version
Isaiah 2:21 in context
19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
21To 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.
22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- majestygâʼôwn{arrogance or majestyH1347 →
- arisethqûwmto riseH6965 →
- cleftsnᵉqârâh{to bore }H5366 →
- rockstsûwrproperly, a cliffH6697 →
- rocksçelaʻa craggy rock, literally or figurativelyH5553 →
- gloryhâdârmagnificenceH1926 →
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The prophet here goes on to show what a desolation would be brought upon their land when God should have forsaken them. This may refer particularly to their destruction by the Chaldeans first, and afterwards by the Romans, or it may have a general respect to the method God takes to awaken and humble proud sinners, and…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-22