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Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
Isaiah 2:10 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.
  • BSB Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
  • NKJV Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the Lord And the glory of His majesty.
  • NASB Enter the rocky place and hide in the dust From the terror of the Lord and from the splendor of His majesty.
  • NLT Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide in the dust from the terror of the Lord and the glory of his majesty.

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Quick answer

People are told to hide in the rocks from the terror of the LORD's majestic glory. The coming day of judgment will drive sinners to seek refuge in vain.

Overview

The imagery of fleeing into rocks and dust portrays dread before God's revealed majesty. No earthly hiding place can shield the proud from divine judgment. This anticipates the day when the unrepentant call on rocks to hide them from the wrath of God and the Lamb (Revelation 6:16).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • Rev 6:15–16And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
  • Isa 2:19–21And 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.
  • Hos 10:8The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
  • Luke 23:30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
  • Isa 6:3–5And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
  • Job 37:22–24Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
  • Rev 15:3–4And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
  • Judg 6:1–2And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
  • Jer 10:7Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
  • Jer 10:10But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
  • Ps 90:11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
  • Job 30:5–6They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
  • Isa 10:3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
  • 2 Th 1:9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
  • Isa 42:22But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
  • Luke 12:5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
  • Job 31:23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

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Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 2:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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