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Isaiah 2:17

Isaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth,.... That is, the worshippers of idols, as they are bid to do, Isa 2:10.

for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And the loftiness ... - see the note at Isa 2:11. The repetition of this makes it strongly emphatic.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 2:10-22

The prophet here goes on to show what a desolation would be brought upon their land when God should have forsaken them. This may refer particularly to their destruction by the Chaldeans first, and…

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