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Isaiah 2:12

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The Lord All-Powerful has a certain day planned when he will punish the proud and those who brag, and they will no longer be important.

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You save the humble, but you bring down those who are proud.

“I wish the Almighty would set a time for judging. Those who know God do not see such a day.

Lord, my heart is not proud; I don’t look down on others. I don’t do great things, and I can’t do miracles.

Lord, you give light to my lamp. My God brightens the darkness around me.

But the Lord laughs at the wicked, because he sees that their day is coming.

Rise up, Judge of the earth, and give the proud what they deserve.

The Lord hates those who are proud. They will surely be punished.

When the Lord finishes doing what he planned to Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will punish Assyria. The king of Assyria is very proud, and his pride has made him do these evil things, so God will punish him.

Watch! The Lord God All-Powerful with his great power will chop them down like a great tree. Those who are great will be cut down; those who are important will fall to the ground.

The Lord says, “I will punish the world for its evil and wicked people for their sins. I will cause proud people to lose their pride, and I will destroy the pride of those who are cruel to others.

Cry, because the Lord’s day of judging is near; the Almighty is sending destruction.

Look, the Lord’s day of judging is coming— a terrible day, a day of God’s anger. He will destroy the land and the sinners who live in it.

But you were brought down to the grave, to the deep places where the dead are.

It was the Lord All-Powerful who planned this. He decided to make these proud people unimportant; he decided to disgrace those who were greatly respected.

At that time the Lord will punish the powers in the sky above and the rulers on earth below.

The earth will dry up and die; the world will grow weak and die; the great leaders in this land will become weak.

He makes rulers unimportant and the judges of this world worth nothing.

I will destroy the hills and mountains and dry up all their plants. I will make the rivers become dry land and dry up the pools of water.

So the common people and the great people will be brought down; those who are proud will be humbled.

He has sent me to announce the time when the Lord will show his kindness and the time when our God will punish evil people. He has sent me to comfort all those who are sad

My people have become to me like a speckled bird attacked on all sides by hawks. Go, gather the wild animals. Bring them to get something to eat.

This is what the Lord said: “In the same way I will ruin the pride of the people of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

This will be a terrible day! There will never be another time like this. This is a time of great trouble for the people of Jacob, but they will be saved from it.”

“But that day belongs to the Lord God All-Powerful. At that time he will give those people the punishment they deserve. The sword will kill until it is finished, until it satisfies its thirst for their blood. The Lord God All-Powerful will offer a sacrifice in the land of the north, by the Euphrates River.

“Babylon, you are too proud, and I am against you,” says the Lord God All-Powerful. “The time has come for you to be punished.

Israel is like a house in ruins, but you have not gone up into the broken places or repaired the wall. So how can Israel hold back the enemy in the battle on the Lord’s day of judging?

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give praise and honor and glory to the King of heaven. Everything he does is right and fair, and he is able to make proud people humble.

How terrible it will be for you who want the Lord’s day of judging to come. Why do you want that day to come? It will bring darkness for you, not light.

That is why the Lord says: “Look, I am planning trouble against such people, and you won’t be able to save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, because it will be a terrible time.

I will destroy the cities in your country and tear down all your defenses.

a day of alarms and battle cries. ‘Attack the strong, walled cities! Attack the corner towers!’

Then Jerusalem will not be ashamed of the wrongs done against me, because I will remove from this city those who like to brag; there will never be any more proud people on my holy mountain in Jerusalem.

“There is a day coming that will burn like a hot furnace, and all the proud and evil people will be like straw. On that day they will be completely burned up so that not a root or branch will be left,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

“But I will send you Elijah the prophet before that great and terrifying day of the Lord’s judging.

Whoever makes himself great will be made humble. Whoever makes himself humble will be made great.

All who make themselves great will be made humble, but those who make themselves humble will be made great.”

then hand this man over to Satan. So his sinful self will be destroyed, and his spirit will be saved on the day of the Lord.

You know very well that the day the Lord comes again will be a surprise, like a thief that comes in the night.

But God gives us even more grace, as the Scripture says, “God is against the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”




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