The Lord Will Have His Day

7 Their land is full of silver and gold—there’s no limit to their treasures. Their land is full of horses—there’s no end to their chariots; and their land is full of 8 idols—they worship what they make with their hands, what their fingers have made. 9 All people have beena humbled and everyone brought low—do not forgive them. 10 Oh Israel, enter the rocks, hide in the ground from the terror of the L and the splendor of his majesty. 11 The eyes of the haughty person will be brought low, and the arrogant will bow down; only the L will be exalted in that day.

The Lord Will Have His Day

12 The L of Armies has planned a day for every proud and lofty person; everything that is exalted will be humbled. He will humbleb 13 every high and lifted up cedar of Lebanon, every oak of Bashan, 14 every lofty mountain, every high hill, 15 every high tower, every impenetrable wall, 16 every trading ship,c and every excellent sailing vessel. 17 Only the L will be exalted in that day. Human pride will bow down. Human loftiness will be brought low, 18 and the idols will completely vanish from the earth. 19 When he rises to terrify the earth, people will enter rocky caves and holes in the ground to escape the terrord of the L and the splendor of his majesty. 20 On that day people will throw to moles and bats their idols of silver and gold, which craftsmen made for them to worship. 21 They’ll enter the clefts of the rocks and the cracks in the cliffs to escape the terror of the L and the splendor of his majesty when he rises to terrify the earth. 22 Stop considering the person who has breath in their nostrils, for why should you think of them?

a Literally, “Man has been.” b Literally, “will be humbled—against.” “Against” reoccurs before each of the following “every” entry. c Literally, “every ship from Tarshish.” d Literally, “before the terror.” And in verse 21.