“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

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“Because the poor are plundered(A) and the needy groan,(B)
    I will now arise,(C)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(D) from those who malign them.”

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19 They shall go into the (A)holes of the rocks,
And into the caves of the [a]earth,
(B)From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises (C)to shake the earth mightily.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:19 Lit. dust

19 People will flee to caves(A) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground(B)
from the fearful presence(C) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(D)
    when he rises to shake the earth.(E)

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21 To go into the clefts of the rocks,
And into the crags of the rugged rocks,
From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

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21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(A)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(B)
    when he rises(C) to shake the earth.(D)

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