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

Bring

Job 12:21

Psalm 107:40

1 Corinthians 1:26

General references

Bible References

Lord

Behold, the Lord, LORD of hosts, will lop off the boughs with terror. And the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.

LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure,

O thou sword of LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard. Rest, and be still.

And say, O LORD, thou have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever.

to do as many things as thy hand and thy purpose predetermined to happen.

in him in whom also we obtained an inheritance. Having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the deliberation of his will.

according to the purpose of the ages, which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

To stain

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.

And the common man is bowed down, and the great man is debased, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled,

And I will punish the world for the evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. And I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

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.

For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace, and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, shall be stubble. And the day that comes shall burn them up, says LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.

Bring

He pours contempt upon rulers, and weakens the strength of the strong.

He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent.

General references

And the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

who brings rulers to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth as vanity.

Behold, I have made thee small among the nations. Thou are greatly despised.

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.