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New Living Translation

Isaiah 2:14

He will level all the high mountains and all the lofty hills.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Isaiah;   Judgments;   Pride;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Jehovah);   The Topic Concordance - Day of the Lord;   Earthquakes;   Idolatry;   Pride/arrogance;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Mountains;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Day of the lord;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Day of the Lord, God, Christ, the;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dagon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Day of the Lord;   Isaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Kingdom of christ of heaven;   Kingdom of god;   Kingdom of heaven;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Peter, Simon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Oholah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
against all the high mountains,against all the lofty hills,
Hebrew Names Version
For all the high mountains, For all the hills that are lifted up,
King James Version
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
English Standard Version
against all the lofty mountains, and against all the uplifted hills;
New American Standard Bible
Against all the lofty mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,
New Century Version
all the tall mountains and the high hills,
Amplified Bible
Against all the high mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,
World English Bible
For all the high mountains, For all the hills that are lifted up,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And vpon all the hie mountaines, and vpon all the hilles that are lifted vp,
Legacy Standard Bible
Against all the high mountains,Against all the hills that are lifted up,
Berean Standard Bible
against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,
Contemporary English Version
all high mountains and hills,
Complete Jewish Bible
for all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up;
Darby Translation
and upon all the lofty mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;
Easy-to-Read Version
They might be like the tall mountains and high hills
George Lamsa Translation
And against all the high mountains, and against all the hills that are lifted up,
Good News Translation
He will level the high mountains and hills,
Lexham English Bible
and against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills,
Literal Translation
and against all the high mountains; and against all the lifted up hills;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
vpon all high hilles, and vpon all stoute mountaynes,
American Standard Version
and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
Bible in Basic English
And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;
King James Version (1611)
And vpon all the high mountaines, and vpon all the hilles that are lifted vp,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And vpon all the high mountaynes, and vpon all the high hilles,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill,
English Revised Version
and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and on alle hiy munteyns, and on alle litle hillis, `that ben reisid;
Update Bible Version
and on all the high mountains, and on all the hills that are lifted up,
Webster's Bible Translation
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up,
New English Translation
for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills,
New King James Version
Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up;
New Life Bible
He will be against all the high mountains, against all the high hills,
New Revised Standard
against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And upon all the lofty mountains, - And upon all the uplifted hills;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And upon all the high mountains and upon all the elevated hills.
Revised Standard Version
against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills;
Young's Literal Translation
And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Against all the lofty mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,

Contextual Overview

10 Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide in the dust from the terror of the Lord and the glory of his majesty. 11 Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. Only the Lord will be exalted on that day of judgment. 12 For the Lord of Heaven's Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted. 13 He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the mighty oaks of Bashan. 14 He will level all the high mountains and all the lofty hills. 15 He will break down every high tower and every fortified wall. 16 He will destroy all the great trading ships and every magnificent vessel. 17 Human pride will be humbled, and human arrogance will be brought down. Only the Lord will be exalted on that day of judgment. 18 Idols will completely disappear. 19 When the Lord rises to shake the earth, his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground. They will hide in caves in the rocks from the terror of the Lord and the glory of his majesty.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 30:25, Isaiah 40:4, Psalms 68:16, Psalms 110:5, Psalms 110:6, 2 Corinthians 10:5

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 17:24 - have brought Revelation 6:14 - and every Revelation 16:20 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 10:11
From there he expanded his territory to Assyria, building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,
Genesis 10:22
The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 15:18
So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
Genesis 25:18
Ishmael's descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.
Deuteronomy 1:7
It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions—the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.
Deuteronomy 11:24
Wherever you set foot, that land will be yours. Your frontiers will stretch from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
Daniel 10:4
On April 23, as I was standing on the bank of the great Tigris River,
Revelation 9:14
And the voice said to the sixth angel who held the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up. By which may be meant either kingdoms and cities belonging to the Roman jurisdiction, or churches and monasteries, and such like religious houses, and the dissolution of them. See Revelation 16:20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And upon all the high mountains - Judea abounded in lofty mountains, which added much to the grandeur of its natural scenery. Lowth supposes that by mountains and hills are meant here, ‘kingdoms, republics, states, cities;’ but there are probably no parallel places where they have this meaning. The meaning is probably this: high mountains and hills would not only be objects of beauty or grandeur, but also places of defense, and protection. In the caverns and fastnesses of such hills, it would be easy for the people to find refuge when the land was invaded. The meaning of the prophet then is, that the day of God’s vengeance should be upon the places of refuge and strength; the strongly fortified places, or places of sure retreat in cases of invasion; compare the notes at Isaiah 2:19.

Hills that are lifted up - That is, high, elevated hills.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 2:14. Isaiah 2:13.


 
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