Isaiah 2:12

For a day [is] to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

11The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

13And for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,

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Cross References

Job 40:11Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

Psalms 37:13The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.

Proverbs 6:16These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.

Isaiah 5:15And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,

Isaiah 10:33Lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is lopping a branch with violence, And the high of stature are cut down, And the lofty are become low,

Isaiah 13:9Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from 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 →

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