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THE MESSAGE
Luke 14:11
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Christian Standard Bible®
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
King James Version (1611)
For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shalbe abased: and hee that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted.
For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shalbe abased: and hee that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted.
King James Version
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
English Standard Version
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
New American Standard Bible
"For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
"For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
New Century Version
All who make themselves great will be made humble, but those who make themselves humble will be made great."
All who make themselves great will be made humble, but those who make themselves humble will be made great."
Amplified Bible
"For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled [before others], and he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted."
"For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled [before others], and he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
"For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Legacy Standard Bible
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Berean Standard Bible
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
Contemporary English Version
If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honored.
If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honored.
Complete Jewish Bible
Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but everyone who humbles himself will be exalted."
Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but everyone who humbles himself will be exalted."
Darby Translation
for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.
for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.
Easy-to-Read Version
Everyone who makes themselves important will be made humble. But everyone who makes themselves humble will be made important."
Everyone who makes themselves important will be made humble. But everyone who makes themselves humble will be made important."
Geneva Bible (1587)
For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shal be exalted.
For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shal be exalted.
George Lamsa Translation
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled; and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled; and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Good News Translation
For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."
For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."
Lexham English Bible
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
Literal Translation
For everyone exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted.
For everyone exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted.
American Standard Version
For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Bible in Basic English
For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.
For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.
Hebrew Names Version
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
International Standard Version
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."Job 1:22:29; Psalm 18:27; Proverbs 29:23; Matthew 23:12; Luke 18:14; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5;">[xr]
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."Job 1:22:29; Psalm 18:27; Proverbs 29:23; Matthew 23:12; Luke 18:14; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
For every one who exalteth himself shall be humbled; and every one who humbleth himself shall be exalted.
For every one who exalteth himself shall be humbled; and every one who humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Murdock Translation
For, every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled: and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted.
For, every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled: and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.
For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.
English Revised Version
For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
World English Bible
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
humbleth himself shall be exalted.
humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Weymouth's New Testament
For whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted.
For whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For ech that enhaunsith hym, schal be lowid; and he that meketh hym, schal be hiyed.
For ech that enhaunsith hym, schal be lowid; and he that meketh hym, schal be hiyed.
Update Bible Version
For everyone that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
For everyone that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
Webster's Bible Translation
For whoever exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
For whoever exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
New English Translation
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
New King James Version
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
New Living Translation
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."
New Life Bible
Whoever makes himself look more important than he is will find out how little he is worth. Whoever does not try to honor himself will be made important."
Whoever makes himself look more important than he is will find out how little he is worth. Whoever does not try to honor himself will be made important."
New Revised Standard
For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."
For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because, everyone who exalteth himself, shall be abased; and, he that abaseth himself, shall be exalted?
Because, everyone who exalteth himself, shall be abased; and, he that abaseth himself, shall be exalted?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Revised Standard Version
For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For whosoever exalteth him sylfe shalbe brought lowe. And he yt hubleth him sylfe shalbe exalted
For whosoever exalteth him sylfe shalbe brought lowe. And he yt hubleth him sylfe shalbe exalted
Young's Literal Translation
because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'
because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe brought lowe: and he yt humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.
For who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe brought lowe: and he yt humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for he that exalteth himself, shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
for he that exalteth himself, shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
Simplified Cowboy Version
A wannabe who tries to pass himself off as a top hand will be humiliated, but the top hand who doesn't mind sitting outside will be given a place of honor."
A wannabe who tries to pass himself off as a top hand will be humiliated, but the top hand who doesn't mind sitting outside will be given a place of honor."
Contextual Overview
7He went on to tell a story to the guests around the table. Noticing how each had tried to elbow into the place of honor, he said, "When someone invites you to dinner, don't take the place of honor. Somebody more important than you might have been invited by the host. Then he'll come and call out in front of everybody, ‘You're in the wrong place. The place of honor belongs to this man.' Red-faced, you'll have to make your way to the very last table, the only place left. 10"When you're invited to dinner, go and sit at the last place. Then when the host comes he may very well say, ‘Friend, come up to the front.' That will give the dinner guests something to talk about! What I'm saying is, If you walk around with your nose in the air, you're going to end up flat on your face. But if you're content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself." 12Then he turned to the host. "The next time you put on a dinner, don't just invite your friends and family and rich neighbors, the kind of people who will return the favor. Invite some people who never get invited out, the misfits from the wrong side of the tracks. You'll be—and experience—a blessing. They won't be able to return the favor, but the favor will be returned—oh, how it will be returned!—at the resurrection of God's people."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
whosoever: Luke 1:51, Luke 18:14, 1 Samuel 15:17, Job 22:29, Job 40:10-12, Psalms 18:27, Psalms 138:6, Proverbs 15:33, Proverbs 18:12, Proverbs 29:23, Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 2:17, Isaiah 57:15, Matthew 23:12, James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 32:4 - my lord Genesis 33:3 - bowed Leviticus 26:41 - humbled Ruth 3:9 - Ruth 1 Samuel 9:21 - my family 1 Samuel 10:22 - hid 1 Kings 1:5 - exalted 2 Kings 5:11 - Naaman 2 Kings 14:13 - took Amaziah 2 Chronicles 25:23 - took Amaziah 2 Chronicles 30:11 - humbled themselves Esther 6:10 - Make haste Psalms 37:34 - exalt Psalms 119:21 - rebuked Proverbs 12:9 - despised Proverbs 25:14 - boasteth Isaiah 2:12 - upon Isaiah 10:33 - and the haughty Jeremiah 48:29 - his loftiness Ezekiel 28:17 - heart Daniel 4:30 - Is not Hosea 13:1 - Ephraim Matthew 11:23 - which art Matthew 18:4 - humble Matthew 20:12 - equal Mark 9:35 - If Mark 10:43 - whosoever Luke 9:48 - he that John 9:34 - and dost James 4:10 - he 1 Peter 5:6 - Humble
Cross-References
Genesis 14:21
The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me back the people but keep all the plunder for yourself."
The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me back the people but keep all the plunder for yourself."
Deuteronomy 28:35
God will hit you with painful boils on your knees and legs and no healing or relief from head to foot.
God will hit you with painful boils on your knees and legs and no healing or relief from head to foot.
Deuteronomy 28:51
If you listen obediently to the Voice of God , your God, and heartily obey all his commandments that I command you today, God , your God, will place you on high, high above all the nations of the world. All these blessings will come down on you and spread out beyond you because you have responded to the Voice of God , your God: God 's blessing inside the city, God 's blessing in the country; God 's blessing on your children, the crops of your land, the young of your livestock, the calves of your herds, the lambs of your flocks. God 's blessing on your basket and bread bowl; God 's blessing in your coming in, God 's blessing in your going out. God will defeat your enemies who attack you. They'll come at you on one road and run away on seven roads. God will order a blessing on your barns and workplaces; he'll bless you in the land that God , your God, is giving you. God will form you as a people holy to him, just as he promised you, if you keep the commandments of God , your God, and live the way he has shown you. All the peoples on Earth will see you living under the Name of God and hold you in respectful awe. God will lavish you with good things: children from your womb, offspring from your animals, and crops from your land, the land that God promised your ancestors that he would give you. God will throw open the doors of his sky vaults and pour rain on your land on schedule and bless the work you take in hand. You will lend to many nations but you yourself won't have to take out a loan. God will make you the head, not the tail; you'll always be the top dog, never the bottom dog, as you obediently listen to and diligently keep the commands of God , your God, that I am commanding you today. Don't swerve an inch to the right or left from the words that I command you today by going off following and worshiping other gods. Here's what will happen if you don't obediently listen to the Voice of God , your God, and diligently keep all the commandments and guidelines that I'm commanding you today. All these curses will come down hard on you: God 's curse in the city, God 's curse in the country; God 's curse on your basket and bread bowl; God 's curse on your children, the crops of your land, the young of your livestock, the calves of your herds, the lambs of your flocks. God 's curse in your coming in, God 's curse in your going out. God will send The Curse, The Confusion, The Contrariness down on everything you try to do until you've been destroyed and there's nothing left of you—all because of your evil pursuits that led you to abandon me. God will infect you with The Disease, wiping you right off the land that you're going in to possess. God will set consumption and fever and rash and seizures and dehydration and blight and jaundice on you. They'll hunt you down until they kill you. The sky over your head will become an iron roof, the ground under your feet, a slab of concrete. From out of the skies God will rain ash and dust down on you until you suffocate. God will defeat you by enemy attack. You'll come at your enemies on one road and run away on seven roads. All the kingdoms of Earth will see you as a horror. Carrion birds and animals will boldly feast on your dead body with no one to chase them away. God will hit you hard with the boils of Egypt, hemorrhoids, scabs, and an incurable itch. He'll make you go crazy and blind and senile. You'll grope around in the middle of the day like a blind person feeling his way through a lifetime of darkness; you'll never get to where you're going. Not a day will go by that you're not abused and robbed. And no one is going to help you. You'll get engaged to a woman and another man will take her for his mistress; you'll build a house and never live in it; you'll plant a garden and never eat so much as a carrot; you'll watch your ox get butchered and not get a single steak from it; your donkey will be stolen from in front of you and you'll never see it again; your sheep will be sent off to your enemies and no one will lift a hand to help you. Your sons and daughters will be shipped off to foreigners; you'll wear your eyes out looking vainly for them, helpless to do a thing. Your crops and everything you work for will be eaten and used by foreigners; you'll spend the rest of your lives abused and knocked around. What you see will drive you crazy. God will hit you with painful boils on your knees and legs and no healing or relief from head to foot. God will lead you and the king you set over you to a country neither you nor your ancestors have heard of; there you'll worship other gods, no-gods of wood and stone. Among all the peoples where God will take you, you'll be treated as a lesson or a proverb—a horror! You'll plant sacks and sacks of seed in the field but get almost nothing—the grasshoppers will devour it. You'll plant and hoe and prune vineyards but won't drink or put up any wine—the worms will devour them. You'll have groves of olive trees everywhere, but you'll have no oil to rub on your face or hands—the olives will have fallen off. You'll have sons and daughters but they won't be yours for long—they'll go off to captivity. Locusts will take over all your trees and crops. The foreigner who lives among you will climb the ladder, higher and higher, while you go deeper and deeper into the hole. He'll lend to you; you won't lend to him. He'll be the head; you'll be the tail. All these curses are going to come on you. They're going to hunt you down and get you until there's nothing left of you because you didn't obediently listen to the Voice of God , your God, and diligently keep his commandments and guidelines that I commanded you. The curses will serve as signposts, warnings to your children ever after. Because you didn't serve God , your God, out of the joy and goodness of your heart in the great abundance, you'll have to serve your enemies whom God will send against you. Life will be famine and drought, rags and wretchedness; then he'll put an iron yoke on your neck until he's destroyed you. Yes, God will raise up a faraway nation against you, swooping down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you can't understand, a mean-faced people, cruel to grandmothers and babies alike. They'll ravage the young of your animals and the crops from your fields until you're destroyed. They'll leave nothing behind: no grain, no wine, no oil, no calves, no lambs—and finally, no you. They'll lay siege to you while you're huddled behind your town gates. They'll knock those high, proud walls flat, those walls behind which you felt so safe. They'll lay siege to your fortified cities all over the country, this country that God , your God, has given you. And you'll end up cannibalizing your own sons and daughters that God , your God, has given you. When the suffering from the siege gets extreme, you're going to eat your own babies. The most gentle and caring man among you will turn hard, his eye evil, against his own brother, his cherished wife, and even the rest of his children who are still alive, refusing to share with them a scrap of meat from the cannibal child-stew he is eating. He's lost everything, even his humanity, in the suffering of the siege that your enemy mounts against your fortified towns. And the most gentle and caring woman among you, a woman who wouldn't step on a wildflower, will turn hard, her eye evil, against her cherished husband, against her son, against her daughter, against even the afterbirth of her newborn infants; she plans to eat them in secret—she does eat them!—because she has lost everything, even her humanity, in the suffering of the siege that your enemy mounts against your fortified towns. If you don't diligently keep all the words of this Revelation written in this book, living in holy awe before This Name glorious and terrible, God , your God, then God will pound you with catastrophes, you and your children, huge interminable catastrophes, hideous interminable illnesses. He'll bring back and stick you with every old Egyptian malady that once terrorized you. And yes, every disease and catastrophe imaginable—things not even written in the Book of this Revelation— God will bring on you until you're destroyed. Because you didn't listen obediently to the Voice of God , your God, you'll be left with a few pitiful stragglers in place of the dazzling stars-in-the-heavens multitude you had become. And this is how things will end up: Just as God once enjoyed you, took pleasure in making life good for you, giving you many children, so God will enjoy getting rid of you, clearing you off the Earth. He'll weed you out of the very soil that you are entering in to possess. He'll scatter you to the four winds, from one end of the Earth to the other. You'll worship all kinds of other gods, gods neither you nor your parents ever heard of, wood and stone no-gods. But you won't find a home there, you'll not be able to settle down. God will give you a restless heart, longing eyes, a homesick soul. You will live in constant jeopardy, terrified of every shadow, never knowing what you'll meet around the next corner. In the morning you'll say, "I wish it were evening." In the evening you'll say, "I wish it were morning." Afraid, terrorized at what's coming next, afraid of the unknown, because of the sights you've witnessed. God will ship you back to Egypt by a road I promised you'd never see again. There you'll offer yourselves for sale, both men and women, as slaves to your enemies. And not a buyer to be found.
If you listen obediently to the Voice of God , your God, and heartily obey all his commandments that I command you today, God , your God, will place you on high, high above all the nations of the world. All these blessings will come down on you and spread out beyond you because you have responded to the Voice of God , your God: God 's blessing inside the city, God 's blessing in the country; God 's blessing on your children, the crops of your land, the young of your livestock, the calves of your herds, the lambs of your flocks. God 's blessing on your basket and bread bowl; God 's blessing in your coming in, God 's blessing in your going out. God will defeat your enemies who attack you. They'll come at you on one road and run away on seven roads. God will order a blessing on your barns and workplaces; he'll bless you in the land that God , your God, is giving you. God will form you as a people holy to him, just as he promised you, if you keep the commandments of God , your God, and live the way he has shown you. All the peoples on Earth will see you living under the Name of God and hold you in respectful awe. God will lavish you with good things: children from your womb, offspring from your animals, and crops from your land, the land that God promised your ancestors that he would give you. God will throw open the doors of his sky vaults and pour rain on your land on schedule and bless the work you take in hand. You will lend to many nations but you yourself won't have to take out a loan. God will make you the head, not the tail; you'll always be the top dog, never the bottom dog, as you obediently listen to and diligently keep the commands of God , your God, that I am commanding you today. Don't swerve an inch to the right or left from the words that I command you today by going off following and worshiping other gods. Here's what will happen if you don't obediently listen to the Voice of God , your God, and diligently keep all the commandments and guidelines that I'm commanding you today. All these curses will come down hard on you: God 's curse in the city, God 's curse in the country; God 's curse on your basket and bread bowl; God 's curse on your children, the crops of your land, the young of your livestock, the calves of your herds, the lambs of your flocks. God 's curse in your coming in, God 's curse in your going out. God will send The Curse, The Confusion, The Contrariness down on everything you try to do until you've been destroyed and there's nothing left of you—all because of your evil pursuits that led you to abandon me. God will infect you with The Disease, wiping you right off the land that you're going in to possess. God will set consumption and fever and rash and seizures and dehydration and blight and jaundice on you. They'll hunt you down until they kill you. The sky over your head will become an iron roof, the ground under your feet, a slab of concrete. From out of the skies God will rain ash and dust down on you until you suffocate. God will defeat you by enemy attack. You'll come at your enemies on one road and run away on seven roads. All the kingdoms of Earth will see you as a horror. Carrion birds and animals will boldly feast on your dead body with no one to chase them away. God will hit you hard with the boils of Egypt, hemorrhoids, scabs, and an incurable itch. He'll make you go crazy and blind and senile. You'll grope around in the middle of the day like a blind person feeling his way through a lifetime of darkness; you'll never get to where you're going. Not a day will go by that you're not abused and robbed. And no one is going to help you. You'll get engaged to a woman and another man will take her for his mistress; you'll build a house and never live in it; you'll plant a garden and never eat so much as a carrot; you'll watch your ox get butchered and not get a single steak from it; your donkey will be stolen from in front of you and you'll never see it again; your sheep will be sent off to your enemies and no one will lift a hand to help you. Your sons and daughters will be shipped off to foreigners; you'll wear your eyes out looking vainly for them, helpless to do a thing. Your crops and everything you work for will be eaten and used by foreigners; you'll spend the rest of your lives abused and knocked around. What you see will drive you crazy. God will hit you with painful boils on your knees and legs and no healing or relief from head to foot. God will lead you and the king you set over you to a country neither you nor your ancestors have heard of; there you'll worship other gods, no-gods of wood and stone. Among all the peoples where God will take you, you'll be treated as a lesson or a proverb—a horror! You'll plant sacks and sacks of seed in the field but get almost nothing—the grasshoppers will devour it. You'll plant and hoe and prune vineyards but won't drink or put up any wine—the worms will devour them. You'll have groves of olive trees everywhere, but you'll have no oil to rub on your face or hands—the olives will have fallen off. You'll have sons and daughters but they won't be yours for long—they'll go off to captivity. Locusts will take over all your trees and crops. The foreigner who lives among you will climb the ladder, higher and higher, while you go deeper and deeper into the hole. He'll lend to you; you won't lend to him. He'll be the head; you'll be the tail. All these curses are going to come on you. They're going to hunt you down and get you until there's nothing left of you because you didn't obediently listen to the Voice of God , your God, and diligently keep his commandments and guidelines that I commanded you. The curses will serve as signposts, warnings to your children ever after. Because you didn't serve God , your God, out of the joy and goodness of your heart in the great abundance, you'll have to serve your enemies whom God will send against you. Life will be famine and drought, rags and wretchedness; then he'll put an iron yoke on your neck until he's destroyed you. Yes, God will raise up a faraway nation against you, swooping down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you can't understand, a mean-faced people, cruel to grandmothers and babies alike. They'll ravage the young of your animals and the crops from your fields until you're destroyed. They'll leave nothing behind: no grain, no wine, no oil, no calves, no lambs—and finally, no you. They'll lay siege to you while you're huddled behind your town gates. They'll knock those high, proud walls flat, those walls behind which you felt so safe. They'll lay siege to your fortified cities all over the country, this country that God , your God, has given you. And you'll end up cannibalizing your own sons and daughters that God , your God, has given you. When the suffering from the siege gets extreme, you're going to eat your own babies. The most gentle and caring man among you will turn hard, his eye evil, against his own brother, his cherished wife, and even the rest of his children who are still alive, refusing to share with them a scrap of meat from the cannibal child-stew he is eating. He's lost everything, even his humanity, in the suffering of the siege that your enemy mounts against your fortified towns. And the most gentle and caring woman among you, a woman who wouldn't step on a wildflower, will turn hard, her eye evil, against her cherished husband, against her son, against her daughter, against even the afterbirth of her newborn infants; she plans to eat them in secret—she does eat them!—because she has lost everything, even her humanity, in the suffering of the siege that your enemy mounts against your fortified towns. If you don't diligently keep all the words of this Revelation written in this book, living in holy awe before This Name glorious and terrible, God , your God, then God will pound you with catastrophes, you and your children, huge interminable catastrophes, hideous interminable illnesses. He'll bring back and stick you with every old Egyptian malady that once terrorized you. And yes, every disease and catastrophe imaginable—things not even written in the Book of this Revelation— God will bring on you until you're destroyed. Because you didn't listen obediently to the Voice of God , your God, you'll be left with a few pitiful stragglers in place of the dazzling stars-in-the-heavens multitude you had become. And this is how things will end up: Just as God once enjoyed you, took pleasure in making life good for you, giving you many children, so God will enjoy getting rid of you, clearing you off the Earth. He'll weed you out of the very soil that you are entering in to possess. He'll scatter you to the four winds, from one end of the Earth to the other. You'll worship all kinds of other gods, gods neither you nor your parents ever heard of, wood and stone no-gods. But you won't find a home there, you'll not be able to settle down. God will give you a restless heart, longing eyes, a homesick soul. You will live in constant jeopardy, terrified of every shadow, never knowing what you'll meet around the next corner. In the morning you'll say, "I wish it were evening." In the evening you'll say, "I wish it were morning." Afraid, terrorized at what's coming next, afraid of the unknown, because of the sights you've witnessed. God will ship you back to Egypt by a road I promised you'd never see again. There you'll offer yourselves for sale, both men and women, as slaves to your enemies. And not a buyer to be found.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For whosoever exalteth himself,.... Either in the above way, or any other, shall be abased, humbled and mortified:
and he that humbleth himself; behaves in an humble and modest manner,
shall be exalted; :-.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Whosoever exalteth ... - This is universal among people, and it is also the way in which God will deal with people. âMenâ will perpetually endeavor to bring down those who endeavor to exalt themselves; and it is a part of Godâs regular plan to abase the proud, to bring down the lofty, to raise up those that be bowed down, and show âhisâ favors to those who are poor and needy.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 14:11. For whosoever exalteth himself, &c.] This is the unchangeable conduct of God: he is ever abasing the proud, and giving grace, honour, and glory to the humble.
