Isaiah 2
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Isaiah 2:7-20

7Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: 8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: 9And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of Yhwh, and for the glory of his majesty. 11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And Yhwh alone shall be exalted in that day. 12For the day of Yhwh of Armies shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 13And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.1 17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: And Yhwh alone shall be exalted in that day. 18And the idols he shall utterly abolish.2 19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of Yhwh, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.3 20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;45

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  1. 1. Isaiah 2:16 pleasant…: Heb. pictures of desire. ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 2:18 he…: or, shall utterly pass away. ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 2:19 of the earth: Heb. of the dust. ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 2:20 his idols of silver…: Heb. the idols of his silver, etc. ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 2:20 each…: or, for him. ↩

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