Isaiah 2:21

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.

Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars.

He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders.

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off;

Though Babylon should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet destroyers will come to her from me,” says Yahweh.

They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you.

For this is what Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?

Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.

My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed. The queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.

You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!

Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.

Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

“Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says Yahweh, “and they will fish them up. Afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

Also her hired men in the middle of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back. They have fled away together. They didn’t stand, for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation.

You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock. Be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.

You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy.

Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

For I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”

But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,

Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”

The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds.

Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.

Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of Dedanites.

“They will go out, and look at the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me; for their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”

For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn’t turned back from us.

Flee! Wander far off! Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says Yahweh; “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.

The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!”

“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, ‘I will shake the heavens and the earth.

Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’

He said to him, “Most certainly, I tell you all, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

How much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy of who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, small and great.”

It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;

The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.

So that they dwell in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.

My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountainside, let me see your face. let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.

Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.

They shall come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys, in the clefts of the rocks, on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures.

Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist.

“Now I will arise,” says Yahweh. “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.

Flee! Turn back! Dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him when I visit him.

As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill, though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh.

The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.