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The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the loftiness ... - see the note at (Isaiah 2:11). The repetition of this makes it strongly emphatic.
19th Century
Anglican
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…
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down This, with what follows in this verse, is repeated for the confirmation and …
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 …
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13th Century
Catholic
Therefore forgive them not. Here he threatens them with punishment, which is divided into two parts:
