Isaiah 2:12

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:

For the day {H3117} of the LORD {H3068} of hosts {H6635} shall be upon every one that is proud {H1343} and lofty {H7311}, and upon every one that is lifted up {H5375}; and he shall be brought low {H8213}:

Yes, ADONAI-Tzva'ot has a day in store for all who are proud and lofty, for all who are lifted high to be humiliated;

For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—

For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Malachi 4:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

  • Isaiah 23:9 (4 votes)

    The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, [and] to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

  • Proverbs 16:5 (3 votes)

    ¶ Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

  • Luke 14:11 (3 votes)

    For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2 (2 votes)

    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  • Daniel 4:37 (2 votes)

    Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works [are] truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  • Matthew 23:12 (2 votes)

    And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.