Isaiah 2:12 “For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and l…”

Isaiah 2:12

For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

World English Bible

For there will be a day of the LORD of Armies for all that is proud and arrogant, and for all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low—

American Standard Version

For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

Geneva Bible 1599

For the day of the Lord of hostes is vpon all the proude and hautie, and vpon all that is exalted: and it shalbe made lowe.

Darby Translation

For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low;

Young's Literal Translation

For a day [is] to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

Bible in Basic English

For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

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Cross references

“the day”

Isaiah 13:6 Isaiah 13:9 Jeremiah 46:10 Ezekiel 13:5 Amos 5:18 Malachi 4:5

Isaiah 13:6 · BSB

Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 13:9 · BSB

Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.

Jeremiah 46:10 · BSB

For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in t…

Ezekiel 13:5 · BSB

You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.

Amos 5:18 · BSB

Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

Malachi 4:5 · BSB

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

“upon”

Isaiah 23:9 Proverbs 16:5 Luke 14:11 Daniel 4:37 Daniel 5:20–24 Matthew 23:12

Isaiah 23:9 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

Proverbs 16:5 · BSB

Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.

Luke 14:11 · BSB

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Daniel 4:37 · BSB

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Daniel 5:20–24 · BSB

But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

Matthew 23:12 · BSB

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Also

Malachi 4:1 Isaiah 24:21 Job 40:11–12 Isaiah 24:4

Malachi 4:1 · BSB

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left…

Isaiah 24:21 · BSB

In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.

Job 40:11–12 · BSB

Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.

Isaiah 24:4 · BSB

The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

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