Isaiah 2:9
And man has bowed himself down, and so man has become debased. Therefore, you should not forgive them.
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In The King James Version
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:5May you not conceal their iniquity, and may their sin not be wiped away, before your face, for they have ridiculed those who are building.
Psalms 62:9My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me.
Isaiah 5:16And the Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment, and the holy God will be sanctified in justice.
Isaiah 57:9And you have adorned yourself for the king with ointments, and you have increased your cosmetics. You have sent your representatives to distant places, and you have debased yourself all the way to Hell.
Jeremiah 18:23But you, O Lord, know all their plans against me unto death. May you not forgive their iniquity, and do not allow their sin be taken away from your face. Let them be thrown down in your sight, in the time of your fury, so that you may destroy them.
Romans 3:23For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 2:7-10
A Charge against the Israelites. ( b. c. 758.) 6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own… Read the whole commentary →