Isaiah 2:17

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁰Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty. ¹¹The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. ¹²For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted-it will be humbled- ¹³against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, ¹⁴against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills, ¹⁵against every high tower, against every fortified wall, ¹⁶against every ship of Tarshish, and every stately vessel. ¹⁷So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,¹⁸and the idols will vanish completely. ¹⁹Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

Bible Verse Review
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the loftiness: Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 13:11, Jeremiah 48:29, Jeremiah 48:30, Ezekiel 28:2-7

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 8:2 - to humble Judges 7:2 - Israel 2 Chronicles 33:15 - he took Job 40:11 - behold Psalms 46:10 - I will be Psalms 57:5 - Be thou Psalms 94:2 - render Psalms 138:6 - but the proud Proverbs 21:4 - An high look Isaiah 4:1 - And in Isaiah 5:15 - the mean Isaiah 12:4 - his name Isaiah 23:9 - to stain Isaiah 33:5 - The Lord Jeremiah 9:15 - I will Hosea 2:18 - in that day Habakkuk 2:5 - a proud man Matthew 7:22 - to me Luke 14:11 - whosoever Romans 11:20 - Be 1 Corinthians 1:28 - to bring 2 Corinthians 10:5 - and every 1 Thessalonians 1:9 - ye James 4:6 - God

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

Genesis 2:4
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

Genesis 2:6
But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:10
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

Genesis 2:13
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

Genesis 2:18
The LORD God also said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper."

Genesis 2:20
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

Genesis 2:21
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man's ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down,.... This, with what follows in this verse, is repeated for the confirmation and certainty of it; and also for the further explanation of what is before figuratively and metaphorically expressed. :-. Jarchi interprets "that day", here spoken of, of the day of judgment; and then indeed every tongue shall confess, whether they will or not, that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father, Philippians 2:11.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the loftiness ... - see the note at Isaiah 2:11. The repetition of this makes it strongly emphatic.