Isaiah 2:12
For there is a day [of judgment] unto the Lord of hosts over every proud and lofty one; and over every exalted one, that he be brought low;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
13And over all the cedars of the Lebanon, the high and exalted, and over all the oaks of Bashan;
Cross References
Job 40:11Scatter abroad the ragings of thy wrath, and look on every proud one, and humble him.
Psalms 37:13The Lord will laugh at him; for he seeth that his day is coming.
Proverbs 6:16Six things there are which the Lord hateth; and seven are an abomination unto his spirit:
Isaiah 5:15And bent down shall be the son of earth, and humbled shall be the man, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled;
Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord, the Eternal of hosts, will lop off the fruitful bough with terrific might: and those of towering growth shall be hewn down, and the high shall be laid low.
Isaiah 13:9Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, direful, [laden] with wrath and the fierceness of anger, to render the earth desolate: and its sinners will he destroy 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 →