Isaiah 2:14-22 ▼

14 Against all the high mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,

15 Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall,

16 Against all the ships of Tarshish And against all the beautiful craft.

17 Then the pride of man will be humbled And the arrogance of men will be degraded; The LORD alone shall be exalted in that day,

18 And the idols will completely vanish (be abolished).

19 They [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] will go into the caves of the rocks And into the holes of the ground [fleeing] From the terror and dread of the LORD And from the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.

20 In that day men will throw away to the moles and to the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves [as objects] to worship,

21 To go into the caverns of the rocks and into the clefts of the [ragged] cliffs [as they flee] From the terror and dread of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.

22 Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time]; For why should he be esteemed?