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 he lays down metaphorically; designing, first, kings, princes, nobles, kingdoms, republics, cities; Isaiah 2:12-17. Secondly, idols, with which the Israelites had committed whoredom; Isaiah 2:18-21. This judgment is thought to refer to that which God exercised upon the Jews by means of Nebuchadnezzar. See Ezekiel 30:3.; Amos 5:20.