2:16 for all the large ships, 1
for all the impressive 2 ships. 3
2:17 Proud men will be humiliated,
arrogant men will be brought low; 4
the Lord alone will be exalted 5
in that day.
2:18 The worthless idols will be completely eliminated. 6
2:19 They 7 will go into caves in the rocky cliffs
and into holes in the ground, 8
trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord 9
and his royal splendor,
when he rises up to terrify the earth. 10
2:20 At that time 11 men will throw
their silver and gold idols,
which they made for themselves to worship, 12
into the caves where rodents and bats live, 13
2:21 so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs
and the openings under the rocky overhangs, 14
trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord 15
and his royal splendor,
when he rises up to terrify the earth. 16
2:22 Stop trusting in human beings,
whose life’s breath is in their nostrils.
For why should they be given special consideration?