Isaiah 23:9

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

James 4:6

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

Isaiah 13:11

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.

Isaiah 2:11

Proud people will be made humble, and they will bow low with shame. At that time only the Lord will still be praised.

Daniel 4:37

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.

Ephesians 3:11

This agrees with the purpose God had since the beginning of time, and he carried out his plan through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen to be God’s people, because from the very beginning God had decided this in keeping with his plan. And he is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

Acts 4:28

These people made your plan happen because of your power and your will.

Malachi 4:1

“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.

Jeremiah 51:62

Then say, ‘Lord, you have said that you will destroy this place so that no people or animals will live in it. It will be an empty ruin forever.’

Isaiah 14:27

When the Lord All-Powerful makes a plan, no one can stop it. When the Lord raises his hand to punish people, no one can stop it.

Isaiah 14:24

The Lord All-Powerful has made this promise: “These things will happen exactly as I planned them; they will happen exactly as I set them up.

Isaiah 10:33

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.

Isaiah 9:15

The elders and important men were the head, and the prophets who speak lies were the tail.

Isaiah 5:13

So my people will be captured and taken away, because they don’t really know me. All the great people will die of hunger, and the common people will die of thirst.

Isaiah 2:17

At that time proud people will be made humble, and they will bow low with shame. At that time only the Lord will be praised,

Psalm 107:40

He showed he was displeased with their leaders and made them wander in a pathless desert.

Job 12:21

He brings disgrace on important people and takes away the weapons of the strong.

Isaiah 14:26

“This is what I plan to do for all the earth. And this is the hand that I have raised over all nations.”

Isaiah 23:10

Go through your land, people of Tarshish, like the Nile goes through Egypt. There is no harbor for you now!

Isaiah 32:13

Cry for the land of my people, in which only thorns and weeds now grow. Cry for the city that once was happy and for all the houses that once were filled with joy.

Jeremiah 13:9

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.

Obadiah 1:2

“Soon I will make you the smallest of nations. You will be greatly hated by everyone.

Exodus 8:4

The frogs will jump all over you, your people, and your officers.’ ”

Isaiah 2:12

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.