Isaiah 2:12

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“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—”

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“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—”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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:”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“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;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“For a day <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 2:12 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 40:11Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
  2. Psalms 18:28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
  3. Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
  4. Psalms 94:2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
  5. Proverbs 6:16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
  6. Proverbs 16:5Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
  7. Isaiah 5:15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
  8. Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
  9. Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
  10. Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
  11. Isaiah 13:9Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
  12. Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
  13. Isaiah 14:15But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
  14. Isaiah 23:9The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
  15. Isaiah 24:4The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
  16. Isaiah 24:21In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
  17. Isaiah 40:23He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.
  18. Jeremiah 12:9Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.
  19. Jeremiah 13:9“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
  20. Jeremiah 46:10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
  21. Jeremiah 50:31“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
  22. Ezekiel 13:5You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
  23. Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
  24. Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

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