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Isaiah 2:9 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 2 · verse 9
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.Isaiah 2:9 · King James Version
Isaiah 2:9 in context
7Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
9And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- humblethshâphêlto depress or sinkH8213 →
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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 reconciling of the world (Rom 11:12-15);
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-9