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No Hiding from God's Majesty
Commentators explain that the desperate flight into caves illustrates the futility of hiding from God's judgment. The terror of His glorious majesty is so overwhelming that people would rather be crushed by rocks than face Him. Scholars note that Jesus himself used this imagery to describe the day of judgment (Luke 23:30), emphasizing that no physical refuge can protect from a spiritual reckoning.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 2:21
18th Century
Theologian
To go - That is, that he may go.
Clefts of the rocks - See the note at (Isaiah 2:19).
Into the tops ... …
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 2:21
19th Century
Bishop
To go into the clefts of the rocks... — Compare Exodus 33:22 for the phrase. The picture of Isaiah 2:19 is reproduced, with some noticeabl…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 2:21–22
19th Century
Preacher
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he aris…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 2:21
16th Century
Theologian
And they shall enter into the clefts of the rocks—this repetition is not superfluous, though Isaiah again employs the same words he had re…
John Gill
On Isaiah 2:21
17th Century
Pastor
To go into the clifts of the rocks, and into the tops of
the ragged rocks
That is, th…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 2:10–22
17th Century
Minister
The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems to be what is primarily intended here, when idolatry among the Jews was abolished; but our thoughts …