King James Version
Isaiah 2:10 in the King James Version says “Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.”
Isaiah 2:10 · KJV
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“into the rock”
H6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
“for”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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