10 Go into the rocks, hide(A) in the ground
    from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty!(B)

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15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free,(A) hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.(B) 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us(C) and hide us[a] from the face of him who sits on the throne(D) and from the wrath of the Lamb!

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:16 See Hosea 10:8.

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)

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They will be punished with everlasting destruction(A) and shut out from the presence of the Lord(B) and from the glory of his might(C)

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30 Then

“‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
    and to the hills, “Cover us!”’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:30 Hosea 10:8

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(A)

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The high places(A) of wickedness[a](B) will be destroyed—
    it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns(C) and thistles will grow up
    and cover their altars.(D)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”(E)
    and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.

10 But the Lord is the true God;
    he is the living God,(A) the eternal King.(B)
When he is angry,(C) the earth trembles;(D)
    the nations cannot endure his wrath.(E)

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Who should not fear(A) you,
    King of the nations?(B)
    This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms,
    there is no one like you.

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22 But this is a people plundered(A) and looted,
    all of them trapped in pits(B)
    or hidden away in prisons.(C)
They have become plunder,
    with no one to rescue them;(D)
they have been made loot,
    with no one to say, “Send them back.”

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And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy(A), holy is the Lord Almighty;(B)
    the whole earth(C) is full of his glory.”(D)

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.(E)

“Woe(F) to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!(G) For I am a man of unclean lips,(H) and I live among a people of unclean lips,(I) and my eyes have seen(J) the King,(K) the Lord Almighty.”(L)

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11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath(A) is as great as the fear that is your due.(B)

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22 Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;(A)
    God comes in awesome majesty.(B)
23 The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;(C)
    in his justice(D) and great righteousness, he does not oppress.(E)
24 Therefore, people revere him,(F)
    for does he not have regard for all the wise(G) in heart?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 37:24 Or for he does not have regard for any who think they are wise.

23 For I dreaded destruction from God,(A)
    and for fear of his splendor(B) I could not do such things.(C)

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They were banished from human society,
    shouted at as if they were thieves.
They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
    among the rocks and in holes in the ground.(A)

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Gideon

The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(A) and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.(B) Because the power of Midian was so oppressive,(C) the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves(D) and strongholds.(E)

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and sang the song of God’s servant(A) Moses(B) and of the Lamb:(C)

“Great and marvelous are your deeds,(D)
    Lord God Almighty.(E)
Just and true are your ways,(F)
    King of the nations.[a]
Who will not fear you, Lord,(G)
    and bring glory to your name?(H)
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
    and worship before you,(I)
for your righteous acts(J) have been revealed.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts ages
  2. Revelation 15:4 Phrases in this song are drawn from Psalm 111:2,3; Deut. 32:4; Jer. 10:7; Psalms 86:9; 98:2.

What will you do on the day of reckoning,(A)
    when disaster(B) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(C)
    Where will you leave your riches?

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