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

See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down.

The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:

Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;

O sword of the Lord, how long will you have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet.

And after reading them, say, O Lord, you have said about this place that it is to be cut off, so that no one will be living in it, not a man or a beast, but it will be unpeopled for ever.

To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.

In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:

To stain

The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel.

Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.

But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

Bring

He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;

He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

General references

The frogs will come up over you and your people and all your servants.

He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.

See, I have made you small among the nations: you are much looked down on.

And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off.