Isaiah 2:12
For Jehovah of hosts holdeth a day of judgment Against all that is proud and lofty; Against all that is exalted, and it shall be brought low;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13Against all the cedars of Lebanon, the high and the exalted, And against all the oaks of Bashan;
Cross References
Job 40:11Send forth the fury of thy wrath! Look upon every proud one, and abase him!
Psalms 37:13The Lord laugheth at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.
Proverbs 6:16These six things doth the LORD hate; Yea, seven are an abomination to him:
Isaiah 5:15The mean man shall be bowed down, And the great man shall be brought low, And the eyes of the haughty shall be humbled;
Isaiah 10:33But behold! the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the branches with fearful force, And the high of stature shall be cut down, And the lofty shall be brought low.
Isaiah 13:9Behold! the day of Jehovah cometh, Terrible, full of wrath and burning indignation, To make the land a waste, And to destroy the sinners 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 →