Isaiah 2:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Isaiah 2:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

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• Isaiah 2:17 - 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 2:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  loftiness. Hebrew. gabah. Same word as "lofty" ( Isaiah 2:11 ). made low. Hebrew. shaphal . Same word as "humbled" (v Isaiah 2:11 ), "brought low" ( Isaiah 2:12 ).

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• Isaiah 2:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  17. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down The Prophet declares that he had his eye on men, when he described the various kinds of loftiness; for God is not displeased saith the stee...

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• Isaiah 2:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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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• Isaiah 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down - rep...

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• Isaiah 2:17 - 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 2:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down. — Iteration is used as the most solemn form of emphasis. That was the burden of the prophet’s song.

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• Isaiah 2:17 - 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 2:17 - 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 2:17 - 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 2:17 - 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 2:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down ,.... This, with what follows in this verse, is repeated for the confirmation and certainty of it; and also for the further explanation of what is before...

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• Isaiah 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 17. And the loftiness of man shall be. ] This is...

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• Isaiah 2:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down Here the prophet expresses literally what he had delivered metaphorically in the preceding verses. The same things were asserted Isaiah 2:11 , but they...

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• Isaiah 2:17 - 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 2:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This he repeats again, partly to assure us of the certainty of it, and partly to fix it deeper in men's minds, because they are very backward to believe and consider things of this nature.

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• Isaiah 2:17 - 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 2:17 - 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 2:17 - 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 2:17 - 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 2:17 - 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 2:17 - 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 2:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Majesty of God in his Final Revelation

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• Isaiah 2:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 28:2-7 ; Isaiah 13:11 ; Isaiah 2:11 ; Jeremiah 48:29 ; Jeremiah 48:30

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• Isaiah 2:17 - 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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