Isaiah 2:19-3:7

New International Version

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

²² Stop trusting in mere humans,^(N)
    who have but a breath^(O) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?^(P)

⁴ “I will make mere youths their officials;
    children will rule over them.”^(AA)

⁵ People will oppress each other—
    man against man, neighbor against neighbor.^(AB)
The young will rise up against the old,
    the nobody against the honored.

⁶ A man will seize one of his brothers
    in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
    take charge of this heap of ruins!”
⁷ But in that day^(AC) he will cry out,
    “I have no remedy.^(AD)
I have no food^(AE) or clothing in my house;
    do not make me the leader of the people.”^(AF)