Isaiah 2:12
Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13And upon all the tall and lofty cedars of Libanus, and upon all the oaks of Basan.
Cross References
Job 40:11His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
Psalms 37:13But the Lord shall laugh at him : for he foreseeth that his day shall come.
Proverbs 6:16Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:
Isaiah 5:15And man shall be brought down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low.
Isaiah 10:33Behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall break the earthen vessel with terror, and the tall of stature shall be cut down, and the lofty shall be humbled.
Isaiah 13:9Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to 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 →