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Isaiah 2:10
There is no way to escape from God. The darkest caves and the deepest holes cannot hide anyone or anything from him.
There is no way to escape from God. The darkest caves and the deepest holes cannot hide anyone or anything from him.
Verse Isaiah 2:10. "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...
ENTER 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. In times of invasion by an enemy, it was natural to...
CHAPTER 2 Zion's Future Glory and the Day of Jehovah 1. _The glories in the latter days (Isaiah 2:1)_ 2. _Exhortation to walk in the light (Isaiah 2:5)_ 3. _The corruption of the people (Isaiah 2:6)_...
THE DAY OF YAHWEH. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period, dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find in...
FEAR. dread. Compare 2 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:10....
ENTER INTO THE ROCK— The prophet's discourse is here most sublime, in order to fill the mind with the highest ideas of the divine judgment impending. We have a preface concerning the greatness of this...
b. LOSS OF DIGNITY TEXT: Isaiah 2:10-22 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be...
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. ENTER INTO THE ROCK - poetical form of expressing that, such were their sins they would be o...
2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1. The passage appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because (_a_) it suits its context better in Micah, and (_b_) it is more complete in Micah, Mic...
ENTER INTO THE ROCK. — The limestone caverns of Palestine were natural asylums in times of terror and dismay (Judges 6:2; Judges 15:8; 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel
בֹּ֣וא בַ † צּ֔וּר וְ הִטָּמֵ֖ן בֶּֽ...
CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, o...
A VISION OF WORLD PEACE Isaiah 2:1-11 This and the four following Chapter s must be classed together as a distinct portion of this book, belonging to the earliest years of Isaiah's ministry. Their d...
Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part constitutes a vision of the latter days, that condition toward whi...
_Rock. Screen thyself if thou canst. He alludes to the kingdom of Israel, which was ruined by idolatry, ver. 18, 20._...
This Portion of the chapter opens in a very solemn manner. Whether the prophet means the visitations of God in the day of calamity of this world; or refers to the day of judgment for another; in both...
10._Enter into the rock _As ungodly men, for the most part, lull themselves in excessive indifference about God’s threatenings, it is customary with the prophets, when they threaten sinners, with the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4. Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the inv...
ENTER INTO THE ROCK, AND HIDE THEE IN THE DUST,.... As it was when Rome Pagan was destroyed, the kings, princes, and freemen called to the rocks to fall on them and hide them, Revelation 6:15 so it wi...
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. Ver. 10. _Enter into the rock, and hide thee,_] _q.d., _ Do if thou canst; go where thou thinke...
_Enter into the rock_, &c. Such calamities are coming upon you, that you will be ready to hide yourselves in rocks and caves of the earth, for fear of the glorious and terrible judgments of God. _The...
Enter into the rock, as people hide before a cruel enemy, AND HIDE THEE IN THE DUST, as the travelers in the wilderness throw themselves down when the simoom, or sirocco, bears down upon them, FOR FEA...
THE MAJESTY OF GOD IN HIS FINAL REVELATION...
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...
ENTER INTO THE ROCK, AND HIDE THEE IN THE DUST: this is spoken ironically, and with derision. The sense is, Such dreadful calamities are coming upon you, that you will be ready to hide yourselves in r...
Isaiah 2:10 Enter H935 (H8798) rock H6697 hide H2934 (H8734) dust H6083 From H6440 terror H6343 LORD...
THE AWFUL SITUATION OF HIS PEOPLE BEFORE YAHWEH AND ITS FUTURE CONSEQUENCES (ISAIAH 2:6). In contrast with the glorious vision that we have just seen, of Yahweh's triumph and people flocking to God,...
THE TERRIBLE VISION (ISAIAH 2:10). This vision is in direct contrast with the Glorious Vision of Isaiah 2:2. On the one hand glory, now, on the other, judgment. Here we have a picture of the destiny...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top...
Isaiah 2:6. _Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children...
CONTENTS: The coming glory of Jerusalem and Israel. The humbling of the haughty and the shame of sinners in that day. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: In view of the terribleness of that day whe...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah saw._ In these distressing times, when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the Messiah spoke to the prophet, and showed him the new-testament...
_Enter into the rock and hide thee in the dust_ THE SINNER’S IGNOMINY BEFORE THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD’S GLORY No other course is now left open for them but to follow the sarcastic command of the prop...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 2:10 FROM BEFORE THE TERROR OF THE LORD, AND FROM THE SPLENDOR OF HIS MAJESTY. Sennacherib, king of Assyria, boasted in his writings of “the terror-inspiring splendor of my lords...
THE SINNER’S DANGER AND REFUGE Isaiah 2:10. _Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of His majesty_. This is the counsel which the prophet gives his f...
A TERRIBLE PICTURE Isaiah 2:6 _Here_ is the “word” (vision) which Isaiah “saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:1). The prophet has been enraptured by the wondrous prospect of the distant fut...
SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH. 2-5.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener
Now chapter 2 is introduced again. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:1). And now God takes him off to the future. And it shall come to pass in the las...
Hosea 10:8; Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 2:19; Isaiah 42:22; Isaiah 6:3;...
CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent glory. Peter, in the Spirit, wrote of how the Prophets foretold the sufferings...
Enter — Such calamities are coming upon you, that you will be ready to hide yourselves in rocks and caves of the earth, for fear of the glorious and terrible judgments of God....