Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Abasement » Of the proud foretold
Look on every one who is high, and humble him, yea tread down the lawless, on the spot:
He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure.
The house of proud men, will Yahweh tear down, but he will maintain the boundary of the widow.
The loftiness of a man, layeth him low, - but, one of a lowly spirit, shall attain unto honour.
For, a day of Yahweh of hosts, shall be - Upon every one who is high and lofty, - And upon every one who is lifted up, And he shall be brought low;
So shall the most insolent one stumble and fall, And he shall have none to lift him up, - And I will kindle a fire in his cities which shall devour all who are round about him.
For lo! the day, cometh, that burneth as a furnace, - and, all the proud and everyone who worketh lawlessness, shall be, stubble, and the day that cometh, shall consume them utterly, saith Yahweh of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
He hath deposed potentates from thrones, and uplifted the lowly;