Isaiah 2:12
For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;
Cross References
Job 40:11Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
Psalms 37:13The Lord laugheth at him; for he seeth that his day is coming.
Proverbs 6:16These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Isaiah 5:15And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;
Isaiah 10:33Behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the boughs with violence; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be brought low;
Isaiah 13:9Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the earth desolate; and he will destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
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 →