Isaiah 40:23

New King James Version

He brings the princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth useless.

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He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;

He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty.

They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.

The Lord of hosts has purposed it, To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

He shall cut off the spirit of princes; He is awesome to the kings of the earth.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight!

And I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,” Says the Lord.

He leads princes away plundered, And overthrows the mighty.

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

For the day of the Lord of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up— And it shall be brought low—