Isaiah 2:10 - Exposition

Enter into the rock . The limestone rocks of Palestine are full of extensive caverns, to which the Israelites often betook themselves in times of danger (see 6:2 ; 1 Samuel 13:6 ; 1 Samuel 22:1 , etc.). The prophet exhorts them to flee thither now, but without stating what exactly is the peril (comp. Isaiah 2:19 , Isaiah 2:21 ). Hide thee in the dust . Not "the dust of humiliation" (Kay), but "the dust of the earth" ( Genesis 2:7 ), put here for the earth itself, as in Isaiah 2:19 . For fear of the Lord ; rather, from before the terror of Jehovah . Some awful manifestation of Jehovah's power is intended, its nature being still kept back and shrouded in darkness.