Isaiah 2:18-20

The Day of the Lord

18 l And the idols shall utterly pass away.
19 m And people shall enter the caves of the rocks
and the holes of the ground, 1
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
n when he rises to terrify the earth.

20 In that day o mankind will cast away
their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
which they made for themselves to worship,
to the moles and to the p bats,

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:8
    Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:10
    Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendor of his majesty.
    Hosea 10:8
    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 on us.
    Luke 23:30
    Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.
    Revelation 6:16
    Calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 76:8 - 9
    From the heavens you uttered judgment; the earth feared and was still.
    Habakkuk 3:6
    He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were the everlasting ways.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 30:22
    Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, "Be gone!
    Isaiah 31:7
    For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:19
    The stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
    Deuteronomy 14:18
    The stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat.
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