Isaiah 2:19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 2:10-22

The prophet here goes on to show what a desolation would be brought upon their land when God should have forsaken them. This may refer particularly to their destruction by the Chaldeans first, and afterwards by the Romans, or it may have a general respect to the method God takes to awaken and humble proud sinners, and to put them out of conceit with that which they delighted in and depended on more than God. We are here told that sooner or later God will find out a way, I. To startle and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:19

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth ,.... That is, the worshippers of idols, as they are bid to do, Isaiah 2:10 . for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty ; see Gill on Isaiah 2:10 . when be ariseth ; out of his place; Jarchi says, at the day of judgment; but it respects the judgment of the great whore, and the time when Babylon the great shall come in remembrance before God: to shake terribly the earth ; at which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:19-21

Into the holes of the rocks "Into caverns of rocks" - The country of Judea being mountainous and rocky, is full of caverns, as appears from the history of David's persecution under Saul. At En-gedi, in particular, there was a cave so large that David with six hundred men hid themselves in the sides of it; and Saul entered the mouth of the cave without perceiving that any one was there, 1 Samuel 24. Josephus, Antiq., lib. xiv., c. 15, and Bell. Jud., lib. 1, c. 16, tells us of a numerous gang... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:6-21

Retribution and its results. In this noble prophetic passage, as charged with poetic grandeur as it is full of religious zeal, we have our thought directed to— I. Two HEINOUS SINS WHICH BELONG TO EVERY AGE AND CLASS . They are these: 1. Disobedience . The divination to which reference is made ( Isaiah 2:6 ) is expressly prohibited in the Law ( Deuteronomy 18:10-12 ); alliance with strangers ( Isaiah 2:6 ) is also forbidden ( Exodus 34:12 ; Dent; Exodus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:12-22

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY OF THE LORD . The prophet, now, having announced that God is about to visit his people in anger ( Isaiah 2:10 , Isaiah 2:11 ), proceeds to describe in highly rhetorical language the visitation itself, read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:12-22

The terrors of the day of the Lord. Every visitation of man by God is typical of his coming to judgment. "That day" is, in its deepest and truest sense, the day whereon Christ shall come again to judge both the quick and the dead. Of "that day and that hour knoweth no man" ( Matthew 24:36 ); and the terror is increased by the mystery. The prophet sees God descend to judge Israel. The particular features are local; but through them may be discerned without much difficulty the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:12-22

The day of judgment. Here follows a grand picture, in which a few simple thoughts are set. I. THE DAY OF JEHOVAH . This stands for any and every epoch of clearer light which reveals the relative worth of things. False estimates of life and its objects have become by custom fixed. The imagination has been under a delusion. A false idea of greatness and goodness has become so fixed that nothing but a revolution will subvert it. The criticism of words may be defied; but the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:19

They shall go into the holes of the rooks , etc.. On the abundant caves of Palestine, see note on the former passage. To shake terribly the earth ; literally, to affright the earth . It is not said in what way he will affright it. The cognate Arabic verb has the meaning "to shake;" but it is not clear that the Hebrew one has ever this sense. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:19

And they shall go - That is, the worshippers of idols.Into the holes of the rocks - Judea was a mountainous country, and the mountains abounded with caves that offered a safe retreat for those who were in danger. Many of those caverns were very spacious. At En-gedi, in particular, a cave is mentioned where David with six hundred men hid himself from Saul in the “sides” of it; 1 Samuel 24:0. Sometimes caves or dens were artificially constructed for refuge or defense in danger; Judges 6:2; 1... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 2:19

Isaiah 2:19. And they The idolatrous Israelites; shall go into the holes of the rocks, &c. Their usual places of retreat in cases of danger; see Joshua 10:16; Jdg 6:2 ; 1 Samuel 13:6. The idea is taken from the nature of the land of Canaan; which was full of caves and dens; for fear of the Lord, and the glory of his majesty, &c. “The meaning is, that there should be, at this time, a great and most bright display of the divine majesty and justice, which the impious and... read more

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