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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 2:17

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Ver. 17. And the loftiness of man shall be.] This is oft inculcated, and all little enough to abate and abase the pride of people, and to "bring down every high thought that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and the obedience of Jesus Christ." 2Co 10:5 This holy fisherman, that he might catch souls, spreads his net, dilates his discourse, telling the proud person over and over what to trust to.

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See also Isaiah 2:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE LOFTINESS ... - see the note at Isaiah 2:11. The repetition of this makes it strongly emphatic....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LOFTINESS. Hebrew. _gabah._ Same word as "lofty" (Isaiah 2:11). MADE LOW. Hebrew. _shaphal_. Same word as "humbled" (v Isaiah 2:11), "brought low" (Isaiah 2:12)....

  • 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:17 man (d-5) The _ Adam_ , 'mankind,' as ch. 6.12, 'men.'...

  • 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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The *Lord will not share his honour with any person or with any gods that mere men have manufactured....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THE LOFTINESS OF MAN SHALL BE BOWED DOWN. — Iteration is used as the most solemn form of emphasis. That was the burden of the prophet’s song....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ שַׁח֙ גַּבְה֣וּת הָ אָדָ֔ם וְ שָׁפֵ֖ל

  • 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

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 fi...

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

    _And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down_ Here the prophet expresses literally what he had delivered metaphorically in the preceding verses. The same things were asserted Isaiah 2:11, but they ar...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE MAJESTY OF GOD IN HIS FINAL REVELATION...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • 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

    This he repeats again, partly to assure us of the certainty of it, and partly to fix it deeper in men's minds, because they are very backward to believe and consider things of this nature....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 2:17 loftiness H1365 man H120 down H7817 (H8804) haughtiness H7312 men H582 low H8213 (H8804) LORD...

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    GOD EXALTED IN THE GREAT DAY (_Advent Sermon_.) Isaiah 2:17. _The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day_. Two questions: What is “that day?” How shall the Lord then be exalted? I. “_That day_.” “Th...

  • 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

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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