Isaiah 2:22
Therefore, rest away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he considers himself to be exalted.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Job 7:15so that, because of these things, my soul would choose hanging, and my bones, death.
Psalms 8:4For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: the moon and the stars, which you have founded.
Psalms 144:3The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy. And there is no end to his greatness.
Isaiah 40:15Behold, the nations are like a drop of water in a bucket, and they are considered as the smallest grain on a balance. Behold, the islands are like a little dust.
James 4:14consider that you do not know what will be tomorrow.
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 →