Isaiah 2:17

Isaiah 2:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

Context of Isaiah 2:17

15Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall, 16Against all the ships of Tarshish And against all the delightful ships. And the pride of humanity will be humbled And the arrogance of people will be brought low; And the Lord alone will be exalted on that day, 18And the idols will completely vanish. 19People will go into caves of the rocks And into holes in the ground Away from the terror of the Lord And the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.

Isaiah 2:17 word by word

וְשַׁח֙ גַּבְה֣וּת הָאָדָ֔ם וְשָׁפֵ֖ל ר֣וּם אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וְנִשְׂגַּ֧ב יְהוָ֛ה לְבַדּ֖וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

• And the prideגַּבְהוּתgabhûth · haughtinessH1365
• of humanityאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• will be humbledשָׁחַחshâchach · to bowH7817
• And the arroganceרוּםrûm rûm · heightH7312
• of peopleאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• will be broughtשָׁפֵלshâphêl · to abaseH8213
• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• aloneבַּדbad · aloneH905
• will be exaltedשָׂגַבώâgab · to exaltH7682
• on that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Isaiah 2:17

• Isaiah 2:11The proud look of humanity will be brought low, And the arrogance of people will be humbled; And the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
• Isaiah 13:11So I will punish the world for its evil And the wicked for their wrongdoing; I will also put an end to the audacity of the proud And humiliate the arrogance of the tyrants.
• Jeremiah 48:29We have heard of the pride of Moab--he is very proud-- Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance, and his self-exaltation.
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘The Lord God says this: “Because your heart is haughty And you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods In the heart of the seas’; Yet you are a mortal and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God--

Commentaries on Isaiah 2:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17And the loftiness … - see the note at Isaiah 2:11. The repetition of this makes it strongly emphatic.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems first meant here, when idolatry among the Jews was done away; but our thoughts are led forward to the destruction of all the enemies of Christ. It is folly for those who are pursued by the wrath of God, to think to hide or shelter themselves from it. The shaking of the earth will be terrible to those who set their affections on things of the earth. Men's haughtiness will be brought down, either…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17that day: This refers to the Day of the LORD (see Isaiah 13:4–13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Repeated from Is 2:11, for emphatic confirmation.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 2:17

• Idolatry
• Isaiah
• Judgments
• Pride

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Commentaries on Isaiah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings