Isaiah 2:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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: ”

• Isaiah 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The day ... - This expression evidently denotes that the Lord would inflict severe punishment upon every one that was lofty. Such a severe infliction is called “the day of the Lord of hosts,” bec...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Day of Yahweh. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period, dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the day of the LORD. This is the first of twenty occurrences. In sixteen it is simply " y6m Jehovah " ( Isaiah 13:6 ; Isaiah 13:9 ; Ezekiel 13:5 . Joel 1:15 ; Joel 2:1 ; Joel 2:11 ; Joel 2:3...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  12. For the day of the LORD of hosts will be on every one that is proud and lofty In this verse he confirms the same thing more fully and from the vehement manner in which he heaps up words,...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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:

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  For the day of the Lord of hosts— The prophet had declared what was in the designs of the divine court. He now proceeds to explain circumstantially what would be the objects of that judgment; which...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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: For the day of the Lord of hosts (shall be...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1-4 . The passage appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because ( a ) it suits its context better in Micah, and ( b ) it is more complete in Mic...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The day of the Lord of hosts shall be... — Literally, the Lord of hosts hath a day ... As generally in the prophets, any time of special judgment or special mercy is as “a day of Jehovah.” Man fee...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1-22 ; Isaiah 3:1-26 ; Isaiah 4:1-6 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another port...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  an Exhortation to Humility and Reverence Isaiah 2:12-22 ; Isaiah 3:1-12 If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part constitutes a vision of the latter days, that condition toward wh...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  This Portion of the chapter opens in a very solemn manner. Whether the prophet means the visitations of God in the day of calamity of this world; or refers to the day of judgment for another; in both...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For the day of the Lord of hosts ,.... Which is peculiarly his, which he has fixed and appointed, and in which there will be a great display of the glory of his power and grace: this [shall be] up...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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: Ver. 12. For the day of the Lord of hosts...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  For the day of the Lord The time of God's taking vengeance on sinners; shall be upon every one that is proud To mortify and bring him down to the dust; and upon all the cedars of Lebanon , &...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Doom of Idolaters. B. C. 758.       10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, f...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The day of the Lord; the time of God's taking vengeance upon sinners, which is called God's day , Isaiah 13:6,9 Eze 13:5 30:3 , and oft elsewhere.

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Awful Situation of His People Before Yahweh And Its Future Consequences ( Isaiah 2:6-22 ). In contrast with the glorious vision that we have just seen, of Yahweh's triumph and people flocking...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  A TERRIBLE PICTURE Isaiah 2:6-22 Here is the “word” (vision) which Isaiah “saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem” ( Isaiah 2:1 ). The prophet has been enraptured by the wondrous prospect of the di...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Day of the Lord (Day of Jehovah) vs. ( Isaiah 2:10-22 ); ( Isaiah 4:1-6 ); ( Isaiah 11:10-13 ); ( Isaiah 13:9-16 ); ( Isaiah 24:21-23 ); ( Isaiah 26:20 ); ( Isaiah 26:21 ); ( Isaiah 63:1-6...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Isaiah 2:12 Party spirit discomfited by Christ's advent. I. In every age in which religion has not been utterly disregarded, perhaps even when it has been practically set aside by the great major...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Isaiah 2:1-2 . The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Isaiah 2:1 . The word that Isaiah saw. In these distressing times, when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the Messiah spoke to the prophet, and showed him the new-testame...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty Scepticism discomfited by Christ’s advent I. Among THE CAUSES OF THE SPIRIT OF RELIGIOUS SCEPTICISM there are-- 1....

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• Isaiah 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  SECTION II . DENUNCIATION OF GOD 'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE ( CH . 2-5.). EXPOSITION Isaiah 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER . It is generally allowed that the heading bel...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Majesty of God in his Final Revelation

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 5:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:2 ; Amos 5:18 ; Daniel 4:37 ; Daniel 5:20-24 ; Ezekiel 13:5 ; Isaiah 13:6 ; Isaiah 13:9 ; Isaiah 23:9 ; James 4:6 ; Jeremiah 46:10 ; Luke 14:11 ; Ma...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Christ in Isaiah Isaiah 2:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent glory. Peter, in the Spirit, wrote of how the Prophets foretold the suf...

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• Isaiah 2:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The day — The time of God's taking vengeance upon sinners.

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