For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
Isaiah 2:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust from before the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Enter into the rock and hide yourself in the dust from before the terror of the Lord and from the glory of His majesty. American Standard Version (1901) Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty. Common English Bible Go into the rocks, and hide yourself in the dust from the terror of the LORD, from the splendor of God’s majesty! Catholic Public Domain Version Enter into the rock, and hide in a ditch in the soil, from the presence of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Enter thou into the rock: and hide thee in the pit from the face of the fear of the Lord and from the glory of his majesty. |
For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.
to make known to the sons of men thy mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of thy kingdom.
Who considers the power of thy anger, and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
What will you do on the day of punishment, in the storm which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim; but the Lord will lay low his pride together with the skill of his hands.
But this is a people robbed and plundered, they are all of them trapped in holes and hidden in prisons; they have become a prey with none to rescue, a spoil with none to say, “Restore!”
But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? For this is thy due; for among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like thee.
“Thus says the Lord: Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall upon us.
You also will be drunken, you will be dazed; you will seek a refuge from the enemy.
But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear him!
Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us’; and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’
They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,