Isaiah 5:15 - Easy To Read Version Those people will be humbled. Those great people will bow their heads and look at the ground. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the common man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled. American Standard Version (1901) And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled: Common English Bible Humanity will be humiliated; each person laid low, the eyes of the exalted laid low. Catholic Public Domain Version And man will be bowed down, and man will be humbled, and the eyes of the exalted will be brought low. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And man shall be brought down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low. |
Lord, I am not proud.\par I don’t try to act important.\par I don’t try to do great things.\par I don’t worry about things\par that are too hard for me.\par
People can’t really help.\par You can’t trust them to really help.\par Compared to God,\par they are like nothing,\par like a gentle puff of air!\par
Some people think they are very good. They think they are much better than other people.
My Master will finish doing the things he planned to Jerusalem and Mount Zion. {\cf2\super [116]} Then the Lord will punish Assyria. {\cf2\super [117]} The king of Assyria is very proud. His pride made him do many bad things. So God will punish him.
Watch! Our Master, the Lord All-Powerful, will chop down the great tree (Assyria). The Lord will do this with his great power. The great and important people will be cut down—they will become not important.
\{God says,\} “I will cause bad things to happen to the world. I will punish the evil people for their sin. I will cause the proud people to lose their pride. I will stop the bragging of the people that are mean to others.
Proud people will stop being proud. Those proud people will bow down to the ground with shame. At that time, only the Lord will still stand high.
The Lord has a special day planned. On that day, the Lord will punish the proud and boastful people. Then those proud people will be made not important.
At that time, people will stop being proud. The people that are now proud will bow low to the ground. And at that time, only the Lord will stand high.
People have become worse and worse. People have become very low. God, surely you will not forgive them, will you? {\cf2\super [22]}
But who did you insult and make fun of?\par Who did you speak against?\par You were against the Holy One of Israel!\par You acted like you were better than him!\par
Yes, you were upset at me.\par I heard your proud insults.\par So I will put my hook in your nose.\par And I will put my bit {\cf2\super [356]} in your mouth.\par Then I will turn you around\par and lead you back the way you came.’”\par
Should I punish the people of Judah\par for doing these things?”\par This message is from the Lord.\par “Yes! You know I should punish a nation\par that lives like that.\par I will give them the punishment\par that they deserve.\par
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give praise, honor, and glory to the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right. He is always fair. And he is able to make proud people humble!
“Then, Jerusalem, you will no longer be ashamed of the bad things your people do against me. Why? Because I will remove all of those bad people from Jerusalem. I will take away all of those proud people. There won’t be any of those proud people on my holy mountain. {\cf2\super [21]}
Young men, I have something to say to you, too. You should accept the authority of the elders. {\cf2\super [32]} All of you should be very humble with each other.