Isaiah 2:12
For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be on each proud man and high, and on each boaster, and he shall be made low; (For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be on each proud person, who thinketh himself to be high, and on each boaster, and they shall be made low;)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
13and on all the cedars of the Lebanon high and raised (up), and on all the oaks of Bashan,
Cross References
Job 40:11And destroy thou proud men in thy fierce vengeance (or And destroy thou the proud with thy fierce vengeance), and behold thou, and make low each boaster.
Psalms 37:13But the Lord shall scorn the sinner; for he beholdeth that his day cometh.
Proverbs 6:16Six things there be, which the Lord hateth; and his soul curseth the seventh thing.
Isaiah 5:15And a man shall be bowed down, and a man of age shall be made low; and the eyes of high men shall be pressed down.
Isaiah 10:33Lo! the Lordly Governor, the Lord of hosts, shall break a pottle in dread (or shall break the boughs of the trees with frightful lightning), and high men of stature shall be cut down. And proud men shall be made low,
Isaiah 13:9Lo! the day of the Lord shall come, cruel, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and of strong vengeance; to set the land into wilderness, and to all-break the sinners thereof from that land.
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 →