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18 All the useless idols will be there no more.

19 People will run away to the caves in the hills. They will try to hide in holes in the ground. They will try to escape from the great power of the Lord, when he comes to judge everyone. They will see that he rules with great authority. People will be very afraid when he comes to punish the people on earth.

20 At that time, people will throw away their silver idols and their gold idols. They made those idols so that they could worship them. But now they will throw them into caves where rats and bats live.

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18     and the idols(A) will totally disappear.(B)

19 People will flee to caves(C) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground(D)
from the fearful presence(E) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(F)
    when he rises to shake the earth.(G)
20 In that day(H) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats(I)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(J)
    which they made to worship.(K)

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