Isaiah 2:22
Cease ye from HaAdam, whose neshamah is in his nostrils: 1 for of what account is he?
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And Hashem Elohim formed the adam of the aphar min haadamah, and breathed into his nostrils the nishmat chayyim; and the adam became a nefesh chayyah.
Job 7:15So that my nefesh chooseth machanak (strangling) 1 and mavet (death) rather than this skeleton. 1
Psalms 8:4When I consider Thy heavens, the ma'asim of Thy fingers, 1 the yarei'ach and the kokhavim, which Thou hast ordained; 1
Psalms 144:3Hashem, what is adam, that Thou takest knowledge of him! 1 Or the ben enosh, that Thou takest account of him! 1
Isaiah 40:15Surely the Goyim are like a drop in a bucket, 1 and are accounted as dust of the scales; 1 surely He taketh up the iyim (islands) like fine dust. 1
James 4:14Yet you do not even have da'as of what tomorrowʼs “yom” may bring. Look at your life! Are you not an ed (mist), appearing a short time, then indeed disappearing? + 4:14 Job 7:7; Ps 39:5; 102:3; 144:4; Isa 2:22
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 →