Isaiah 23:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

Lord

To stain

James 4:6

Bring

Job 12:21

Psalm 107:40

1 Corinthians 1:26

General references

Bible References

Lord

Behold, the Lord, the God of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash;
Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down
And those who are lofty will be abased.

The Lord of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand,

Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;

“Ah, sword of the Lord,
How long will you not be quiet?
Withdraw into your sheath;
Be at rest and stay still.

and say, ‘You, O Lord, have promised concerning this place to cut it off, so that there will be nothing dwelling in it, whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual desolation.’

to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.

also we

have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,

This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

To stain

The

proud look of man will be abased

And the loftiness of man will be humbled,
And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased,

The eyes of the proud also will be abased.

Thus I will punish the world for its evil
And the wicked for their iniquity;
I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud
And abase the haughtiness of the

ruthless.

“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Bring

“He pours contempt on nobles
And loosens the belt of the strong.

He pours contempt upon princes
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

General references

So the frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants.”’”

He it is who reduces rulers to nothing,
Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.

And a mongrel race will dwell in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.