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 ) .
