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 LORD of the hosts, shall lop the bough with force, and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

The LORD of the 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 the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

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

then thou shalt say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that no one shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

to do that which thy hand and thy counsel had determined beforehand must be done.

in him in whom likewise we have obtained an inheritance, having had the way marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will,

according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,

To stain

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

And I will visit evil upon the world and iniquity upon the wicked, and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease and will lay low the haughtiness of the strong.

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and build up and glorify the King of heaven because all his works are truth, and his ways judgment: and he is able to humble those that walk with arrogance.

For, behold, the day comes that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, said the LORD of the hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.

Bring

He pours contempt upon princes and weakens the strength of the mighty.

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

For look upon your vocation, brothers, that ye are not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,

General references

and the frogs shall come up upon thee and upon thy people and upon all thy slaves.

He brings the powerful to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as if they had never been,

Behold, I have made thee small among the Gentiles: thou shalt be greatly humbled.

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