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Isaiah 2:9

Isaiah 2:9
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself,.... Both high and low, rich and poor, bow down unto, humble themselves before, and worship idols made by the hands of men: the words…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And the mean man - That is, the man in humble life, the poor, the low in rank - for this is all that the Hebrew word here - אדם 'âdâm - implies. The distinction between the two words here used - אדם…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 2:6-9

The calling in of the Gentiles was accompanied with the rejection of the Jews; it was their fall, and the diminishing of them, that was the riches of the Gentiles; and the casting off of them was the…