10 Go into the rocks(A)
and hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord(B)
and from his majestic splendor.(C)
11 The pride of mankind[a] will be humbled,(D)
and human loftiness will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

12 For a day belonging to the Lord of Armies is coming
against all that is proud and lofty,(E)
against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,(F)
lofty and lifted up,
against all the oaks of Bashan,(G)
14 against all the high mountains,(H)
against all the lofty hills,
15 against every high tower,(I)
against every fortified wall,
16 against every ship of Tarshish,(J)
and against every splendid sea vessel.
17 The pride of mankind will be brought low,
and human loftiness will be humbled;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:11 Lit Mankind’s proud eyes

10 Crawl into caves in the rocks.
    Hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord
    and the glory of his majesty.
11 Human pride will be brought down,
    and human arrogance will be humbled.
Only the Lord will be exalted
    on that day of judgment.

12 For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
    has a day of reckoning.
He will punish the proud and mighty
    and bring down everything that is exalted.
13 He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon
    and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.
14 He will level all the high mountains
    and all the lofty hills.
15 He will break down every high tower
    and every fortified wall.
16 He will destroy all the great trading ships[a]
    and every magnificent vessel.
17 Human pride will be humbled,
    and human arrogance will be brought down.
Only the Lord will be exalted
    on that day of judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish.