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

Look! The Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to lop off [the] branches with great power, and {the towering trees} will be felled, and the {tall trees} will be brought low.

Yahweh of hosts has sworn, saying, "{Surely} just as I have intended, so it shall be. And just as I have planned, it shall stand:

who from [the] beginning declares [the] end, and from before, [things] that have not been done, who says, 'My plan shall stand,' and, 'I will accomplish all my wishes,'

Ah, sword of Yahweh, {how long} will you not be quiet? Gather to your sheath, keep quiet and stand still.

And you must say, 'Yahweh, you yourself spoke against this place, to destroy it, so that [there will] not be in it [anything] living, from humankind to animals, for it will be {an everlasting desolation}.'

to do all that your hand and plan had predestined to take place.

in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all [things] according to the counsel of his will,

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

To stain

The {haughty eyes} of humanity will be brought low, and the pride of everyone will be humbled, and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day.

And humankind is bowed down, and man is brought low, and [the] eyes of [the] haughty are humiliated.

And I will punish [the] world [for its] evil and [the] wicked [for] their iniquity. And I will put an end to [the] pride of [the] arrogant, and I will bring [the] haughtiness of tyrants low.

Pour out the overflowing of your anger, and look at all [the] proud, and humble them.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the king of heaven, for all his works [are] truth, and his ways [are] justice and that he is able to humble those who walk in pride."

"For look! The day [is] about to come, burning like an oven, and all the arrogant and every {evildoer} will be stubble. The coming day will consume them," says Yahweh of hosts. "It will not leave behind for them root or branch.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Bring

He pours contempt on noblemen, and he loosens [the] girdle of [the] mighty.

[he] pours contempt on princes and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

For consider your calling, brothers, that not many [were] wise according to human standards, not many [were] powerful, not many [were] well born.

General references

And the frogs will go up against you and against your people and against all of your servants.'"

the one who brings princes to nothing; he makes rulers of [the] earth like nothing.

"Look, I will make you insignificant among the nations. You [will be] utterly despised!

A mongrel people will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut down the pride of [the] Philistines.