Isaiah 2:9
And man hath bowed himself down, and man hath been debased: therefore forgive them not.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 4:5Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.
Psalms 62:9Trust in him, all ye congregation of people: pour out your hearts before him. God is our helper for ever.
Isaiah 5:16And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified in justice.
Isaiah 57:9And thou hast adorned thyself for the king with ointment, and hast multiplied thy perfumes. Thou hast sent thy messengers far off, and wast debased even to hell.
Jeremiah 18:23But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel against me unto death: forgive not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight: let them be overthrown before thy eyes, in the time of thy wrath do thou destroy them.
Romans 3:23For all have sinned, and do need 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 →