Isaiah 2:22
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
World Messianic Bible British
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 2:7The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Job 7:15so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
Psalms 8:4what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
Psalms 144:3LORD, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?
Isaiah 40:15Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
James 4:14Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
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 →