New Living Translation
Isaiah 2:12
12For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted.
Isaiah 2:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the day of the Lord of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up— And it shall be brought low—
Context of Isaiah 2:12
10Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide in the dust from the terror of the Lord and the glory of his majesty. 11Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. Only the Lord will be exalted on that day of judgment. For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted. 13He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the mighty oaks of Bashan. 14He will level all the high mountains and all the lofty hills.
Read all of Isaiah 2Isaiah 2:12 word by word
כִּ֣י י֞וֹם לַיהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת עַ֥ל כָּל־גֵּאֶ֖ה וָרָ֑ם וְעַ֖ל כָּל־נִשָּׂ֥א וְשָׁפֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 2:12
- Isaiah 13:6Scream in terror, for the day of the Lord has arrived— the time for the Almighty to destroy.
- Jeremiah 46:10For this is the day of the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, a day of vengeance on his enemies. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, yes, until it is drunk with your blood! The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will receive a sacrifice today in the north country beside the Euphrates River.
- Ezekiel 13:5They have done nothing to repair the breaks in the walls around the nation. They have not helped it to stand firm in battle on the day of the Lord.
- Amos 5:18What sorrow awaits you who say, “If only the day of the Lord were here!” You have no idea what you are wishing for. That day will bring darkness, not light.
- Malachi 4:5“Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved on the day the Lord returns.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.
- Isaiah 23:9The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has done it to destroy your pride and bring low all earth’s nobility.
- Proverbs 6:16There are six things the Lord hates— no, seven things he detests:
- Proverbs 16:5The Lord detests the proud; they will surely be punished.
- Daniel 4:37“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart and mind were puffed up with arrogance, he was brought down from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
- Matthew 23:12But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
- Luke 14:11For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
- James 4:6And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 2:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The day - This expression evidently denotes that the Lord would inflict severe punishment upon every one that was lofty. Such a severe infliction is called “the day of the Lord of hosts,” because it would be a time when “he” would particularly manifest himself, and when “he” would be recognized as the inflicter of that punishment. “His” coming forth in this manner would give “character” to that time, and would be the prominent “event.” The punishment of…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. 11-12A key theme in Isaiah is that the Lord will be exalted and humble people will be restored (Isaiah 57:15), while proud and powerful people are humbled (26:5). The day of judgment and the day of reckoning are also called the Day of the LORD. There are seven references to this in Isaiah 2–4 (2:11, 17, 20; 3:6, 18; 4:1, 2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Man has had many days: "the day of the Lord" shall come at last, beginning with judgment, a never-ending day in which God shall be "all in all" (1Co 15:28; 2Pe 3:10). every--not merely person, as English Version explains it, but every thing on which the nation prided itself.Read the comment
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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
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