Isaiah 2:9
So the mean man boweth down And the great man stoopeth low,—Therefore do not thou forgive them!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:5and do not cover their iniquity, and, their sin before thee, let it not be blotted out,—for they have caused vexation before them who are building.
Psalms 62:9Surely, vanity, are men of low degree, Deception, men of high degree,—In the balances, they go up, They, are [made] of vanity, altogether.
Isaiah 5:16But Yahweh of hosts, hath been exalted, in justice,—And the GOD that is holy hath been hallowed in righteousness;
Isaiah 57:9And hast gone to the king with oil, And hast multiplied thy perfumes,—And hast sent thy messengers afar, And…lowered thyself as far as hades!
Jeremiah 18:23But, thou, O Yahweh, knowest all their counsels against me to put me to death, Put thou no propitiatory-covering over their iniquity, And their sin from before thee, do not thou blot out,—But let them be overthrown before thee, In the time of thine anger, deal thou effectively with them.
Romans 3:23For, all, have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 2:7-10
A Charge against the Israelites. ( b. c. 758.) 6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own… Read the whole commentary →