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, Jehovah of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.

Jehovah of hosts hath 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 Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.

and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

according to the eternal purpose which he purposed 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 Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:

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

Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture'saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Bring

He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.

He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called :

General references

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

that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised.

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