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Isaiah 2:12
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Isaiah pronounces this oracle immediately after declaring that human arrogance will be brought low, positioning the event as Yahweh’s decisive intervention.
The words — יוֹם (Yom) means “day,” and גֵּאֶה (ge'eh) or רָם (ram) literally denote “proud” or “lofty,” identifying the specific targets of the coming judgment.
The thread — The same theme of divine judgment on exalted things appears in Malachi 4:1, Isaiah 23:9, and Proverbs 16:5, while Isaiah 2:11 and 2:13 immediately bracket the verse with parallel imagery of humbling pride and lofty natural objects.
Why it lands — The text states that the Day of Yahweh will actively confront and humble every proud and exalted thing. It requires the reader to abandon self-reliance and recognize that only Yahweh will ultimately be exalted.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- Malachi 4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
- Isaiah 23:9 The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
- Proverbs 16:5 Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
- Luke 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Job 40:11 Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
- Isaiah 13:6 Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
- Isaiah 24:4 The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
- Isaiah 24:21 In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
- Jeremiah 46:10 For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.