Isaiah 2:12
For, a day of Yahweh of hosts, [shall be] —Upon every one who is high and lofty,—And upon every one who is lifted up, And he shall be brought low;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
13And upon all cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up,—And upon all the oaks of Bashan;
Cross References
Job 40:11Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;
Psalms 37:13My Lord, shall laugh at him, for he seeth, that his day, will come.
Proverbs 6:16These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul:—
Isaiah 5:15And the mean man hath been bowed down And the mighty man hath been humbled,—Yea the looks of the haughty shall be humbled.
Isaiah 10:33Behold! the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, is about to lop off a tree-crown, with a crash,—Then shall, they who are lifted on high, be hewn down, And, the lofty, be laid low;
Isaiah 13:9Lo! the day of Yahweh, coming in, Fierce and overflowing, and burning with anger,—To devote the earth to desolation, And her sinners, will he destroy 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 →