The list begins with all the powerful people of the earth—the movers and shakers, those who are self‑sufficient and resourceful and able to make others jump to their wishes. But now those who typically have their hands on the levers of power and have armies at their disposal and have bottomless pockets are suddenly panic stricken and helpless.
15 Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,