Isaiah 2:22

Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

In Context

21To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:7And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

Job 7:15So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

Psalms 8:4\8:3\When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

Psalms 144:3Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

Isaiah 40:15See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.

James 4:14When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 2:11-22

The Doom of Idolaters. ( b. c. 758.) 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord , and for the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all… Read the whole commentary →

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