Isaiah 40:23

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

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He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

He poureth contempt upon princes, And weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

He shall cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth.

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

He leadeth princes away spoiled, And overthroweth the mighty.

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.

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: