Isaiah 23:9 - Revised Standard Version The Lord of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord of hosts has purposed it [in accordance with a fixed principle of His government], to defile the pride of all glory and to bring into dishonor and contempt all the honored of the earth. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. Common English Bible The LORD of heavenly forces planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty, to shame all the honored of the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord of hosts has planned this, so that he may tear down the arrogance of all glory, and may bring disgrace to all the illustrious of the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord of hosts hath designed it, to pull down the pride of all glory and bring to disgrace all the glorious ones of the earth. |
he pours contempt upon princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
the frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.” ’ ”
Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low.
I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant, and lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless.
The Lord of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,
This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;
And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the pride of men shall be brought low; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.
for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers; yea, for all the joyous houses in the joyful city.
Therefore my people go into exile for want of knowledge; their honored men are dying of hunger, and their multitude is parched with thirst.
the elder and honored man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
“Thus says the Lord: Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
and say, ‘O Lord, thou hast said concerning this place that thou wilt cut it off, so that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be desolate for ever.’
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
“For behold, the day comes, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
In him, according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will,
This was according to the eternal purpose which he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
But he gives more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”