Isaiah 40:23

English Standard Version 2016

who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

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he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;

He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.

Its nobles—there is no one there to call it a kingdom, and all its princes shall be nothing.

The Lord of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pompous pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the earth.

who cuts off the spirit of princes, who is to be feared by the kings of the earth.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!

I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says the Lord.

He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.

The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

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;