Every class of wicked men will run to hide from the Lamb on his throne. This includes rulers, nobles, military leaders, rich, slaves, and freemen. Since similar language is used to describe other national calamities, it seems very possible that this is a description of God's judgment against a great persecuting nation, or Rome. (Hosea 10:7-8; Isaiah 2:19; Matthew 24:29-34; Luke 23:30) The question of verse 17 comes when God is about to destroy a people. (Nahum 1:1; Nahum 1:6)

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