Isaiah 2:9 “So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!”

Isaiah 2:9

So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

World English Bible

Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don’t forgive them.

American Standard Version

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

Geneva Bible 1599

And a man bowed himselfe, and a man humbled himselfe: therefore spare them not.

Darby Translation

And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them!

Young's Literal Translation

And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.

Bible in Basic English

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.

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Cross references

“the mean”

Isaiah 5:15 Romans 3:23 Psalm 49:2 Revelation 6:15–17 Jeremiah 5:4 Jeremiah 5:5

Isaiah 5:15 · BSB

So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.

Romans 3:23 · BSB

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Psalm 49:2 · BSB

both low and high, rich and poor alike.

Revelation 6:15–17 · BSB

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Jeremiah 5:4 · BSB

Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

Jeremiah 5:5 · BSB

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

“humbleth”

Isaiah 57:9 Colossians 2:23 Colossians 2:18

Isaiah 57:9 · BSB

You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.

Colossians 2:23 · BSB

Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Colossians 2:18 · BSB

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.

“therefore”

Isaiah 27:11 Joshua 24:19 Jeremiah 18:23 Mark 3:29

Isaiah 27:11 · BSB

When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

Joshua 24:19 · BSB

But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

Jeremiah 18:23 · BSB

But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

Mark 3:29 · BSB

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”

Also

Nehemiah 4:5 Psalm 62:9

Nehemiah 4:5 · BSB

Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

Psalm 62:9 · BSB

Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

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

In context

8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

10Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.

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