Isaiah 2:11

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“The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.”

— WEB

“The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.”

— KJV

“The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.”

— ASV

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Isaiah 5:15-16 "So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;"
Psalms 18:27 "For you will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes you will bring down."
Isaiah 2:17 "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."
Malachi 4:1 "“For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that com…"
Isaiah 13:11 "I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will hum…"
Isaiah 24:21 "It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth."
Isaiah 12:4 "In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!"
Micah 4:6 "“In that day,” says Yahweh, “I will assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have affli…"

Commentary

lofty looks--literally, "eyes of pride" (Psa 18:27). humbled--by calamities. God will so vindicate His honor "in that day" of judgments, that none else "shall be exalted" (Zac 14:9).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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