And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth,.... That is, the worshippers of idols, as they are bid to do, Isaiah 2:10
for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty,
[See comments on Isaiah 2:10]
when be ariseth; out of his place; Jarchi says, at the day of judgment; but it respects the judgment of the great whore, and the time when Babylon the great shall come in remembrance before God:
to shake terribly the earth; at which earthquake, or shaking of the earth, that is, a revolution of the antichristian state, the tenth part of the city will fall, and seven thousand men of name be slain, Revelation 9:13 and so the Targum paraphrases it,
"when he shall be revealed, to break in pieces the wicked of the earth;''
which will be done by him, as the vessels of a potter are broken to shivers, Revelation 2:27.
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth,.... That is, the worshippers of idols, as they are bid to do, Isaiah 2:10
for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty,
[See comments on Isaiah 2:10]
when be ariseth; out of his place; Jarchi says, at the day of judgment; but it respects the judgment of the great whore, and the time when Babylon the great shall come in remembrance before God:
to shake terribly the earth; at which earthquake, or shaking of the earth, that is, a revolution of the antichristian state, the tenth part of the city will fall, and seven thousand men of name be slain, Revelation 9:13 and so the Targum paraphrases it,
"when he shall be revealed, to break in pieces the wicked of the earth;''
which will be done by him, as the vessels of a potter are broken to shivers, Revelation 2:27.