Isaiah 2:12
The Commander of the armies of angels has chosen a day when he will judge those who are proud, every one of them [DOU], and he will humble them.
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Job 40:11Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right/authority to humble people who are very proud!
Psalms 37:13But Yahweh laughs at them because he knows that some day [MTY] he will judge and punish the wicked people.
Proverbs 6:16There are six, maybe seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. They are:
Isaiah 5:15Yahweh will get rid of a huge number of people; and he will humble many more people who now are proud/arrogant.
Isaiah 10:33But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. It is as though they are a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
Isaiah 13:9Listen to this: The day that Yahweh has appointed/chosen is near, the day that he will furiously and fiercely punish you because he is very angry with you. He will cause your land of Babylonia to be desolate/barren, and he will destroy all the sinners in 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 →