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, shall lop the bough with terror; and the lofty ones shall be cut down, and the proud shall be humbled.

Jehovah of Hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so it shall come to pass; and as I have purposed, it shall stand;

declaring the end from the beginning, and from the past things which were not done, saying, My purpose shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure;

O sword of Jehovah, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself into your sheath; rest and be still.

then you shall say, O Jehovah, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be a ruin forever.

in order to do whatever Your hand and Your counsel determined before to be done.

in whom also we have been chosen to an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to 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 pride of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

And man is bowed down, and man is humbled and the eyes of the lofty are humbled.

And I will visit evil on the world, and their iniquity on the wicked. And I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the pride of tyrants.

Pour forth the rage of your wrath; and behold everyone who is proud, and abase him.

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and exalt and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth and His ways judgment. And those who walk in pride He is able to humble.

For behold, the day is coming, burning like a fire pot; and all the proud, and every doer of wickedness, shall be chaff. And the coming day will set them ablaze, says Jehovah of Hosts, which will not leave root or branches to them.

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says, God resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.

Bring

He pours scorn on princes, and unties the belt of the mighty.

He pours scorn on nobles, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no path.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise men according to the flesh are called, not many mighty, not many noble.

General references

And the frogs shall come upon you, and upon your people, and upon all your servants.

who brings the rulers to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth as vanity.

Behold, I have given you to be small among the nations; you are greatly despised.

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