God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 2:10
10Go in among the rocks and hide underground because of the Lord’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty.
Isaiah 2:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.
- New International Version (NIV)Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from the fearful presence of the Lord and the splendor of his majesty!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendor of his majesty.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the Lord And the glory of His majesty.
Context of Isaiah 2:10
8Their land is filled with idols, and they worship what their hands have shaped and what their fingers have molded. 9People will be brought down. Everyone will be humbled. Do not forgive them. Go in among the rocks and hide underground because of the Lord’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty. 11The eyes of arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day the Lord alone will be honored. 12The Lord of Armies will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited and all who are proud of themselves (they will be humbled),
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בּ֣וֹא בַצּ֔וּר וְהִטָּמֵ֖ן בֶּֽעָפָ֑ר מִפְּנֵי֙ פַּ֣חַד יְהוָ֔ה וּמֵהֲדַ֖ר גְּאֹנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- into the rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
- and hideטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934
- thee in the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
- forפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- fearפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- and for the gloryהָדָרhâdâr · gloryH1926
- of his majestyגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
Cross-references for Isaiah 2:10
- Isaiah 2:19People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of the Lord’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to terrify the earth.
- Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day you are called to account ⌞for these things⌟, when the disaster comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
- Isaiah 42:22But these people are robbed and looted. They are all trapped in pits and hidden in prisons. They have become prey with no one to rescue them. They have become loot with no one to say, “Give it back.”
- Judges 6:1The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. So the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years.
- Job 30:5They are driven from the community. People shout at them in the same way they shout at thieves.
- Hosea 10:8The illegal worship sites of Aven will be destroyed. Israel sins there. Thorns and weeds will grow over those altars. People will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
- Luke 23:30Then people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and all the slaves and free people hid themselves in caves and among the rocks in the mountains.
- Isaiah 6:3They called to each other and said, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory.”
- Job 31:23“A disaster from God terrifies me. In the presence of his majesty I can do nothing.
- Job 37:22A golden light comes from the north. A terrifying majesty is around God.
- Psalms 90:11Who fully understands the power of your anger? A person fears you more when he better understands your fury.
- Jeremiah 10:7Everyone fears you, O King of the Nations. This is what you deserve. No one is like you among all the wise people in the nations or in all their kingdoms.
- Luke 12:5I’ll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the power to throw you into hell after killing you. I’m warning you to be afraid of him.
- Revelation 15:3and singing the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the lamb. They sang, “The things you do are spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. The way you do them is fair and true, King of the Nations.
Commentaries on Isaiah 2:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10"When he ariseth to strike the earth with terror" - On the authority of the Septuagint, confirmed by the Arabic and an ancient MS., I have added here to the text a line, which in the 19th and 21st verses ( Isaiah 2:19, Isaiah 2:21;) is repeated together with the preceding line, and has, I think, evidently been omitted by mistake in this place. The MS. here varies only in one letter from the reading of the other two verses; it has בארץ baarets, instead of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Enter into the rock - That is, into the “holes or caverns” in the rocks, as a place of refuge and safety; compare Isaiah 2:19, and Revelation 6:15-16. In times of invasion by an enemy, it was natural to flee to the fastnesses or to the caverns of rocks for refuge. This expression is highly figurative and poetic. The prophet warns them to flee from danger. The sense is, that such were their crimes that they would certainly be punished; and he advises them…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems first meant here, when idolatry among the Jews was done away; but our thoughts are led forward to the destruction of all the enemies of Christ. It is folly for those who are pursued by the wrath of God, to think to hide or shelter themselves from it. The shaking of the earth will be terrible to those who set their affections on things of the earth. Men's haughtiness will be brought down, either…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10On the day of God’s judgment, people will try to hide in caves and among the rocks. These were natural hiding places in the rocky land of Judah. Instead of repenting with humility before the almighty God, they will try to escape his judgment. Kings and leaders, as well as slaves and free people, will all look for protection from this judgment(see also Revelation 6:15). The terror of the LORD rrefers to God’s full and powerful wrath against wickedness…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Poetical form of expressing that, such were their sins, they would be obliged by God's judgments to seek a hiding-place from His wrath (Re 6:15, 16). dust--equivalent to "caves of the earth," or dust (Is 2:19). for fear, &c.--literally, "from the face of the terror of the Lord."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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