Isaiah 2:12

For a day [is] to YHWH of Hosts, || For every proud and high one, || And for every lifted up and low one,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

11The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, || And the loftiness of men has been bowed down, || And YHWH alone has been set on high in that day.

13And for all cedars of Lebanon, || The high and the exalted ones, || And for all oaks of Bashan,

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Cross References

Job 40:11Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, || And see every proud one, and make him low.

Psalms 37:13The Lord laughs at him, || For He has seen that his day comes.

Proverbs 6:16These six has YHWH hated, || Indeed, seven [are] abominations to His soul:

Isaiah 5:15And the low is bowed down, and the high humbled, || And the eyes of the haughty become low,

Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord, YHWH of Hosts, || Is lopping a branch with violence, || And the high of stature are cut down, || And the lofty have become low,

Isaiah 13:9Behold, the Day of YHWH comes, || Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, || To make the land become a desolation, || Indeed, He destroys its sinning ones from 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 →

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