Isaiah 2:9

And the low bows down, and the high is humbled, || And You do not accept them.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

In Context

8And its land is full of idols, || It bows itself to the work of its hands, || To that which its fingers have made,

10Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, || Because of the fear of YHWH, || And because of the honor of His excellence.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 4:5and do not cover over their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You, for they have provoked [You] to anger in front of those building.

Psalms 62:9Surely vanity the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up || They [are] lighter than a breath.

Isaiah 5:16And YHWH of Hosts is high in judgment, || And the Holy God sanctified in righteousness,

Isaiah 57:9And go joyfully to the king in ointment, || And multiply your perfumes, || And send your ambassadors far off, || And humble yourself to Sheol.

Jeremiah 18:23And You, O YHWH, You have known, || All their counsel against me [is] for death, || You do not cover over their iniquity, || Nor blot out their sin from before You, || And they are made to stumble before You, || Work against them in the time of Your anger!

Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of 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 →

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