In that day shalt thou not be ashamed The common expression "in that day" refers to the general period spoken of in the context, here the period after the judgment, when the people of God is saved and restored. To be ashamedmight mean either to feelshame for, or to bearthe shame of, former doings. The first sense is the more expressive. The former things have so completely passed away that they are forgotten, and no recollection of them calls up a blush of shame (Isaiah 54:4; Isaiah 65:16). Cf. Ezekiel 39:26.

them that rejoice in thy pride R.V. thy proudly exulting ones. In Isaiah 13:3 the phrase is used of Jehovah's warriors, the Medes, filled with martial pride and exulting in battle; here it has a less dignified sense, being used of the self-confident and arrogant classes in Israel, whether prophets (Zephaniah 3:4) or politicians, the people of whom Amos 6:13 speaks: "which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?" In the prophets religion is trust in Jehovah, and irreligion or sin is insensibility to His majesty and rule, and consequent pride and self-exaltation.

thou shalt no more be haughty Isaiah 3:16, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with stretched forth necks." Jeremiah 13:15.

because of my holy mountain on my, &c.

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