Isaiah 2:9

And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

In Context

8And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,

10Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 4:5and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger — over-against those building.

Psalms 62:9Only — vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter.

Isaiah 5:16And Jehovah of Hosts is high in judgment, And the Holy God sanctified in righteousness,

Isaiah 57:9And goest joyfully to the king in ointment, And dost multiply thy perfumes, And sendest thine ambassadors afar off, And humblest thyself unto Sheol.

Jeremiah 18:23And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me [is] for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!

Romans 3:23for all did sin, and are come 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 →

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