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20 In that day people will throw away to the moles[a] and bats
    their worthless gods of silver
    and their worthless gods of gold,
    that they made for themselves to worship.
21 They will go into the clefts in the rocks
and into the crevices in the cliffs,
to hide from the terror of the Lord
and from the glory of his majesty,
when he arises to make the earth tremble.

22 Give up trusting in mankind.
All they have is breath in their nostrils.
What are they worth anyway?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:20 With a different word division: rat holes

20 In that day(A) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats(B)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(C)
    which they made to worship.(D)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(E)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(F)
    when he rises(G) to shake the earth.(H)

22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(I)
    who have but a breath(J) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?(K)

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