Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

The high ones

Bible References

Lop

Isaiah 10:16
Therefore will the Lord, LORD of hosts, send among his fat ones, leanness, and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
Isaiah 37:24
By thy servants thou have defied LORD, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. And I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir
2 Kings 19:21
This is the word that LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised thee and laughed thee to scorn. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
2 Chronicles 32:21
And LORD sent a [heavenly] agent who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his g

The high ones

Amos 2:9
Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks, yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

And the haughty

Isaiah 2:11
The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways justice. And he is able to abase those who walk in pride.
Luke 14:11
Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

General references

Psalm 37:36
But I passed by, and, lo, he was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Isaiah 2:13
and upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
Isaiah 33:3
At the noise of the tumult the peoples have fled. At the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.
Luke 3:9
And even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not making good fruit is cut down, and cast into fire.