Cross References

Isaiah 40:23

New English Translation

He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.

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He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.

He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.

He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

He humbles princes; the kings of the earth regard him as awesome.

Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;

The Lord who commands armies planned it – to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom and all her officials will disappear.

Those who think they are wise are as good as dead, those who think they possess understanding.

I will remove Moab’s leader; I will kill all Moab’s officials with him.” The Lord has spoken!