Isaiah 2:12

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; Joel 2:1; Joel 2:11; Joel 2:3; Joel 2:14 (Hebrews 4:14). Amos 5:18; Amos 5:20; Obadiah 1:15.Zephaniah 1:7; Zephaniah 1:14; Zephaniah 1:14.Malachi 4:5; Malachi 4:5). In four passages it is with Lamed (= L)

prefixed. for or to: viz. Isaiah 2:12.Ezekiel 30:3.Zechariah 14:1; Zechariah 14:17. a day known to Jehovah. In other places it is combined with other words, such as "wrath", "vengeance". In the N.T. it occurs four times: viz. 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:2 (see note). 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 1:10 (see note). Thus the expression is stamped with the number "four" (see App-10); for "the day of the LORD" is the day when everything done will be to abase man and exalt Jehovah. Now it is "man's day" (1 Corinthians 4:3, see note), when man exalts himself, and bows God out of the world He has created.

the LORD of hosts. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3.

proud. arrogant. Hebrew. ga'ah. Note the Figure of speech Synonymia.

lofty. haughty. Hebrew (rum). Same word as "haughtiness" (verses: Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:17), "high" (verses: Isaiah 2:13; Isaiah 2:14). Note the Figure of speech Synonymia.

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6), emphasizing each of the details in verses: Isaiah 2:11,

lifted up. self-satisfied. Hebrew. nas'a. Same as verses: Isaiah 2:13; Isaiah 2:14.

brought low. Hebrew. shaphal. Same word as "humbled" (Isaiah 2:11). Note the Figure of speech Synonymia.