Isaiah 2:19

19 Men will ¹go into caves of the rocks And into holes of the ground Before * the terror of the LORD And the splendor of His majesty, When He arises ²to make the earth tremble.

Isaiah 2:19 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 2:19

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into
the caves of the earth
That is, the worshippers of idols, as they are bid to do, ( Isaiah 2:10 ) for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty,
(See Gill on Isaiah 2:10) when be ariseth;
out of his place; Jarchi says, at the day of judgment; but it respects the judgment of the great whore, and the time when Babylon the great shall come in remembrance before God: to shake terribly the earth;
at which earthquake, or shaking of the earth, that is, a revolution of the antichristian state, the tenth part of the city will fall, and seven thousand men of name be slain, ( Revelation 9:13 ) ( Revelation 16:18 Revelation 16:19 ) and so the Targum paraphrases it,

``when he shall be revealed, to break in pieces the wicked of the earth;''

which will be done by him, as the vessels of a potter are broken to shivers, ( Revelation 2:27 ) .

Isaiah 2:19 In-Context

17 The pride of man will be humbled And the loftiness of men will be abased; And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,

18 But the idols will completely vanish.

19 Men will go into caves of the rocks And into holes of the ground Before the terror of the LORD And the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to make the earth tremble.

20 In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves to worship,

21 In order to go into the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs Before the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to make the earth tremble.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 2:10
• 2. Psalms 18:7; Isaiah 2:21; Isaiah 13:13; Isaiah 24:1, 19, 20; Haggai 2:6, 7; Hebrews 12:26

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "dust"