9So man will be brought low

and mankind humbled—

do not forgive them.^a

10Go into the rocks,

hide in the ground

from dread of the Lord

and the splendor of his majesty!

11The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled

and the pride of men brought low;

the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

12The Lord Almighty has a day in store

for all the proud and lofty,

for all that is exalted

(and they will be humbled),

13for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty,

and all the oaks of Bashan,

14for all the towering mountains

and all the high hills,

15for every lofty tower

and every fortified wall,

16for every trading ship^b

and every stately vessel.

17The arrogance of man will be brought low

and the pride of men humbled;

the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

18and the idols will totally disappear.

19Men will flee to caves in the rocks

and to holes in the ground

from dread of the Lord

and the splendor of his majesty,

when he rises to shake the earth.

20In that day men will throw away

to the rodents and bats

their idols of silver and idols of gold,

which they made to worship.

21They will flee to caverns in the rocks

and to the overhanging crags

from dread of the Lord

and the splendor of his majesty,

when he rises to shake the earth.

22Stop trusting in man,

who has but a breath in his nostrils.

Of what account is he?