Isaiah 2:9

Translations

Modern

So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!

Traditional

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

Literal

And mankind is bent down, each man abases himself—do not forgive them!

Latin

Et incurvavit se homo, et humiliatus est vir; ne ergo dimittas eis.

Original

Hebrew

English

So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!

Notes

Isaiah 2:5–22

The prophet warned of judgment and mocked human pride. All human systems (religious, economic, military, and social) will face God's examination and be found lacking on the Day of the Lord. This is the final day in history when God will judge the wicked once and for all (1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 20:7–15).

Sometimes, prophets used the phrase the day of the Lord (or others like it, such as that day) to describe specific times when God judged wickedness throughout history (see Isaiah 13:6, 9; Ezekiel 13:5; 30:3; Obadiah 1:15). On the Day of the Lord, only God will be honored. All human wickedness and pride will be defeated. This glorious day of God's arrival will fill wicked and arrogant people with fear (Isaiah 2:10, 19, 21).

Isaiah 2:5–4:1

Isaiah condemned Israel and Judah for their pride and self-importance. He warned them that only God should be honored. All attempts by humans to lift themselves up will actually result in humiliation.

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So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
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…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
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When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
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But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”
Jeremiah 18:23
But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.
Joshua 24:19
But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
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You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
Colossians 2:23
Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
Psalm 49:2
…both low and high, rich and poor alike.
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Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
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Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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Book of Zephaniah Isaiah, Book of Lord

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Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of

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