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17 “Humanity’s haughtiness will be humbled,
    male arrogance will be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
18 Their[a] idols will utterly vanish.[b]

19 “They will enter caverns in the rocks
    and holes in the ground
to escape[c] the presence of the terror of the Lord,
    to escape[d] the splendor of his majesty
        when he arises to terrify the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:18 DSS MT LXX lack Their
  2. Isaiah 2:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads He will abolish the idols
  3. Isaiah 2:19 Lit. from
  4. Isaiah 2:19 Lit. from

17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(A)
    and human pride humbled;(B)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(C)
18     and the idols(D) will totally disappear.(E)

19 People will flee to caves(F) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground(G)
from the fearful presence(H) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(I)
    when he rises to shake the earth.(J)

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