A Day of Reckoning Coming

12 For the Lord of armies will have a day of reckoning
Against (A)everyone who is arrogant and haughty,
And against everyone who is lifted up,
That he may be brought low.
13 And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up,
Against all the (B)oaks of Bashan,
14 Against all the (C)lofty mountains,
Against all the hills that are lifted up,
15 Against every (D)high tower,
Against every fortified wall,
16 Against all the (E)ships of Tarshish
And against all the delightful ships.
17 And the pride of humanity will be humbled
And the arrogance of people will be brought low;
And the Lord alone will be exalted on that day,
18 And the (F)idols will completely vanish.
19 People will (G)go into caves of the rocks
And into holes in the [a]ground
Away from the terror of the Lord
And the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises (H)to terrify the earth.
20 On that day people will (I)throw away to the moles and the (J)bats
Their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves to worship,
21 In order to (K)go into the clefts of the rocks and the crannies of the cliffs
Before the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to terrify the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:19 Lit dust

12 The Lord Almighty has a day(A) in store
    for all the proud(B) and lofty,(C)
for all that is exalted(D)
    (and they will be humbled),(E)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(F) tall and lofty,(G)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,(H)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,(I)
15 for every lofty tower(J)
    and every fortified wall,(K)
16 for every trading ship[a](L)
    and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(M)
    and human pride humbled;(N)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(O)
18     and the idols(P) will totally disappear.(Q)

19 People will flee to caves(R) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground(S)
from the fearful presence(T) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(U)
    when he rises to shake the earth.(V)
20 In that day(W) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats(X)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(Y)
    which they made to worship.(Z)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(AA)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(AB)
    when he rises(AC) to shake the earth.(AD)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish

The Sixth Seal: Terror

12 And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great (A)earthquake; and the (B)sun became as black as (C)sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13 and (D)the stars of the sky fell to the earth, (E)as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. 14 (F)The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and (G)every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then (H)the kings of the earth and the eminent people, and the commanders and the wealthy and the strong, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16 and they *(I)said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the [a]sight of Him (J)who sits on the throne, and from the (K)wrath of the Lamb; 17 for (L)the great day of Their wrath has come, and (M)who is able to stand?”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:16 Lit face

12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake.(A) The sun turned black(B) like sackcloth(C) made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth,(D) as figs drop from a fig tree(E) when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up,(F) and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(G)

15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free,(H) hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.(I) 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us(J) and hide us[a] from the face of him who sits on the throne(K) and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day(L) of their[b] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:16 See Hosea 10:8.
  2. Revelation 6:17 Some manuscripts his