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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 of the Lord of hosts (shall be) upon every (one that is) proud. Man has had many days. "The day of the Lord" shall come at last, beginning with judgment-a never-ending day, in which God shall be "all in all" (; ).

Every - not merely person, as the English version explains it, but every thing on which the nation prided itself.

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See also Isaiah 2:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE DAY ... - This expression evidently denotes that the Lord would inflict severe punishment upon every one that was lofty. Such a severe infliction is called “the day of the Lord of hosts,” because...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 2 Zion's Future Glory and the Day of Jehovah 1. _The glories in the latter days (Isaiah 2:1)_ 2. _Exhortation to walk in the light (Isaiah 2:5)_ 3. _The corruption of the people (Isaiah 2:6)_...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DAY OF YAHWEH. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period, dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find in...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE DAY OF THE LORD. This is the first of twenty occurrences. In sixteen it is simply " _y6m Jehovah_ " (Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 13:9; Ezekiel 13:5.Joel 1:15;

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD OF HOSTS— The prophet had declared what was in the designs of the divine court. He now proceeds to explain circumstantially what would be the objects of that judgment; which he...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    b. LOSS OF DIGNITY TEXT: Isaiah 2:10-22 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1. The passage appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because (_a_) it suits its context better in Micah, and (_b_) it is more complete in Micah, Mic...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DAY OF THE LORD OF HOSTS _shall be_] RM 'the Lord of hosts hath a day.' 'Day' might mean (_a_) day of battle or victory, cp. Amos 5:18, the earliest mention of the Day of the Lord, or (_b_) day of...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 2 GOD’S IDEAL PLAN FOR ISRAEL V1 A special message about Jud...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Proud people may think that they do not need God. Then suddenly they will see that God is *Lord of all. And he demands that all must obey him. Nothing in nature, not even vast forests and huge mountai...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE DAY OF THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL BE... — Literally, _the Lord of hosts hath a day_... As generally in the prophets, any time of special judgment or special mercy is as “a day of Jehovah.” Man feels...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֣י יֹ֞ום לַ יהוָ֧ה צְבָאֹ֛ות עַ֥ל כָּל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, o...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    AN EXHORTATION TO HUMILITY AND REVERENCE Isaiah 2:12-22; Isaiah 3:1-12 If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be compelle...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part constitutes a vision of the latter days, that condition toward whi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This Portion of the chapter opens in a very solemn manner. Whether the prophet means the visitations of God in the day of calamity of this world; or refers to the day of judgment for another; in both...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    12._For the day of the LORD of hosts will be on every one that is proud and lofty _In this verse he confirms the same thing more fully and from the vehement manner in which he heaps up words, we may e...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4. Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the inv...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... Which is peculiarly his, which he has fixed and appointed, and in which there will be a great display of the glory of his power and grace: this [SHALL BE] UPON E...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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: Ver. 12. _For the day of the Lord of hosts s...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For the day of the Lord_ The time of God's taking vengeance on sinners; _shall be upon every one that is proud_ To mortify and bring him down to the dust; and _upon all the cedars of Lebanon_, &c. In...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE MAJESTY OF GOD IN HIS FINAL REVELATION...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For the day of the Lord of hosts, the final Day of Judgment, SHALL BE UPON EVERY ONE THAT IS PROUD AND LOFTY, AND UPON EVERY ONE THAT IS LIFTED UP, the day being, as it were, kept in reserve by the Lo...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-22 The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems first meant here, when idolatry among the Jews was done away; but our thoughts are led forward to the destruction of all the enemies of Christ. It...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE DAY OF THE LORD; the time of God's taking vengeance upon sinners, which is called _God's day_, ISAIAH 13:6,9 EZE 13:5 30:3, and oft elsewhere....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 2:12 day H3117 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 proud H1343 lofty H7311 (H8802) up H5375 low H8213 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE AWFUL SITUATION OF HIS PEOPLE BEFORE YAHWEH AND ITS FUTURE CONSEQUENCES (ISAIAH 2:6). In contrast with the glorious vision that we have just seen, of Yahweh's triumph and people flocking to God,...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TERRIBLE VISION (ISAIAH 2:10). This vision is in direct contrast with the Glorious Vision of Isaiah 2:2. On the one hand glory, now, on the other, judgment. Here we have a picture of the destiny...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    DAY OF THE LORD (Day of Jehovah) vs. (Isaiah 2:10); (Isaiah 4:1); (Isaiah 11:10); (Isaiah 13:9); ...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 2:12 Party spirit discomfited by Christ's advent. I. In every age in which religion has not been utterly disregarded, perhaps even when it has been practically set aside by the great majority...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 2:6. _Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The coming glory of Jerusalem and Israel. The humbling of the haughty and the shame of sinners in that day. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: In view of the terribleness of that day whe...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah saw._ In these distressing times, when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the Messiah spoke to the prophet, and showed him the new-testament...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty_ SCEPTICISM DISCOMFITED BY CHRIST’S ADVENT I. Among THE CAUSES OF THE SPIRIT OF RELIGIOUS SCEPTICISM there are-- 1. An e...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 2:12 AGAINST ALL... AGAINST EVERY. Ten times in these verses Isaiah says that God opposes all human pride. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    A TERRIBLE PICTURE Isaiah 2:6 _Here_ is the “word” (vision) which Isaiah “saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:1). The prophet has been enraptured by the wondrous prospect of the distant fut...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH. 2-5.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now chapter 2 is introduced again. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:1). And now God takes him off to the future. And it shall come to pass in the las...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Amos 5:18; Daniel 4:37;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent glory. Peter, in the Spirit, wrote of how the Prophets foretold the sufferings...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The day — The time of God's taking vengeance upon sinners....

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