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

The LORD 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 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 shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh 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 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.

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

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

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

Bring

He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

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

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

General references

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

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

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

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