Enter the rocky place and hide in the dust From the terror of the Lord and from the splendor of His majesty.
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.
- KJV Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for 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.
- 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
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- Rev 6:15–16The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
- Isa 2:19–21Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
- Hos 10:8The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!”
- Luke 23:30Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’
- Isa 6:3–5One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
- Job 37:22–24Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.
- Rev 15:3–4They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
- Judg 6:1–2The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight: and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
- Jer 10:7Who should not fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. Because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you.
- Jer 10:10But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to withstand his indignation.
- Ps 90:11Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
- Job 30:5–6They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief;
- Isa 10:3What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
- 2 Th 1:9who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
- Isa 42:22But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become captives, and no one delivers; and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’
- Luke 12:5But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
- Job 31:23For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.
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