Isa 2:10 | MHM | STEP | The Doom of Idolaters This section describes the judgment that will come upon the land because the people have turned away from God and trusted in idols. The prophet Isaiah explains that God will humble the proud and destroy everything people depend on instead of Him. This warning applied first to the destruction by the Babylonians and later by the Romans, but it also teaches a general lesson about how God deals with proud sinners who put other things before Him. v. 10 : God will startle and frighten sinners who feel secure and ignore His warnings. When His judgment comes, people will try to hide in caves and in the dust, terrified by the presence and power of the LORD. They will be so afraid that their courage will disappear, and they will run away, even when there is no one chasing them (Isaiah 2:10; Proverbs 28:1 ). This happened, for example, when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans (Luke 23:30 ). No one can escape God’s judgment by hiding in the things of this world.

‏ Isaiah 2:10

The Doom of Idolaters

This section describes the judgment that will come upon the land because the people have turned away from God and trusted in idols. The prophet Isaiah explains that God will humble the proud and destroy everything people depend on instead of Him. This warning applied first to the destruction by the Babylonians and later by the Romans, but it also teaches a general lesson about how God deals with proud sinners who put other things before Him.

v. 10: God will startle and frighten sinners who feel secure and ignore His warnings. When His judgment comes, people will try to hide in caves and in the dust, terrified by the presence and power of the LORD. They will be so afraid that their courage will disappear, and they will run away, even when there is no one chasing them (Isaiah 2:10; Proverbs 28:1 ^a). This happened, for example, when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans (Luke 23:30 ^b). No one can escape God’s judgment by hiding in the things of this world.