Cross References

Isaiah 40:23

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He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

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He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.

He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.

He breaks the spirit of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth.

The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),

The Lord Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her splendor and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.

Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom, all her princes will vanish away.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him,” says the Lord.