Isaiah 23:9

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.

The LORD {H3068} of hosts {H6635} hath purposed {H3289} it, to stain {H2490} the pride {H1347} of all glory {H6643}, and to bring into contempt {H7043} all the honourable {H3513} of the earth {H776}.

ADONAI-Tzva'ot planned it to break the pride of all the arrogant, to humiliate all those who are honored everywhere on earth.

The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 13:11 (8 votes)

    And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

  • James 4:6 (8 votes)

    But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

  • Job 40:11 (6 votes)

    Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him.

  • Job 40:12 (6 votes)

    Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

  • Isaiah 2:11 (5 votes)

    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.

  • Daniel 4:37 (4 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.

  • Isaiah 5:15 (2 votes)

    And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: