Thus I will punishthe worldfor its evilAnd the wickedfor their iniquity;I will also putan endto the arroganceof the proudAnd abasethe haughtinessof the ruthless.
"Lookon everyonewhois proud,[and] humblehim, And treaddownthe wickedwherethey stand.
Ifthe righteouswill be rewardedin the earth,Howmuchmorethe wickedand the sinner!
"The fearof the LORDis to hateevil;Prideand arroganceand the evilwayAnd the pervertedmouth,I hate.
But with righteousnessHe will judgethe poor,And decidewith fairnessfor the afflictedof the earth;And He will strikethe earthwith the rodof His mouth,And with the breathof His lipsHe will slaythe wicked.
"Preparefor his sonsa placeof slaughterBecause of the iniquityof their fathers.They must not ariseand takepossessionof the earthAnd fillthe faceof the worldwith cities."
"The LORDhas brokenthe staffof the wicked,The scepterof rulers
The proudlookof manwill be abasedAnd the loftinessof manwill be humbled,And the LORDalonewill be exaltedin that day.
For the LORDof hostswill have a day[of reckoning] Againsteveryonewhois proudand loftyAnd againsteveryonewho is liftedup, That he may be abased.
The prideof manwill be humbledAnd the loftinessof menwill be abased;And the LORDalonewill be exaltedin that day,
But the LORDof hostsrevealedHimself to me, "Surelythisiniquityshall not be forgivenyou Untilyou die,"saysthe LordGODof hosts.
The LORDof hostshas plannedit, to defilethe prideof allbeauty,To despiseallthe honoredof the earth.
So it will happenin that day,That the LORDwill punishthe hostof heavenon high,And the kingsof the earthon earth.
Thereforea strongpeoplewill glorifyYou; Citiesof ruthlessnationswill revereYou.
Like heatin drought,You subduethe uproarof aliens;[Like] heatby the shadowof a cloud,the songof the ruthlessis silenced.
For behold,the LORDis about to comeout from His placeTo punishthe inhabitantsof the earthfor their iniquity;And the earthwill revealher bloodshedAnd will nolongercoverher slain.
For the ruthlesswill cometo an endand the scornerwill be finished,Indeed allwho are intenton doingevilwill be cutoff;
But the multitudeof your enemieswill becomelike finedust,And the multitudeof the ruthlessoneslike the chaffwhich blowsaway;And it will happeninstantly,suddenly.
Woeto the wicked![It will go] badly[with him], For whathe deserveswill be doneto him.
So the [common] manwill be humbledand the manof [importance] abased,The eyesof the proudalso will be abased.
Both their own iniquitiesand the iniquitiesof their fatherstogether,"saysthe LORD."Becausethey have burnedincenseon the mountainsAnd scornedMe on the hills,Therefore I will measuretheir formerworkinto their bosom."
"We have heardof the prideof Moab--he [is] veryproud--Of his haughtiness,his pride,his arroganceand his self-exaltation.
"But at the endof that period,I, Nebuchadnezzar,raisedmy eyestoward heavenand my reasonreturnedto me, and I blessedthe MostHighand praisedand honoredHim wholivesforever;For His dominionis an everlastingdominion,And His kingdom[endures] from generationto generation.
"Behold,as for the proudone, His soulis not rightwithin him; But the righteouswill liveby his faith.
