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God's Unwavering Purpose
Commentators observe that this verse repeats the theme from verse 11 for solemn emphasis. The core message is that all human pride, arrogance, and self-reliance will inevitably be brought low. God's ultimate and certain purpose is that He alone will be exalted. As Matthew Henry notes, this humbling can happen through God's grace, which convicts us of our pride, or through His providence, which removes the things we are proud of.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 2:17
18th Century
Theologian
And the loftiness ... - see the note at (Isaiah 2:11). The repetition of this makes it strongly emphatic.
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 2:17
19th Century
Bishop
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down. —Iteration is used as the most solemn form of emphasis. That was the burden of the prophet’s…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 2:17–20
19th Century
Preacher
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. An…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 2:17
16th Century
Theologian
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down. The Prophet declares that he had his eye on men when he described the various kinds of l…
John Gill
On Isaiah 2:17
17th Century
Pastor
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down This, with what follows in this verse, is repeated for the confirmation and …
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 2:10–22
17th Century
Minister
The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems to be what is primarily intended here, when idolatry among the Jews was abolished; but our thoughts …