Isaiah 2:12

New King James Version

For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up-- And it shall be brought low--

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord All-Powerful has a special day planned when he will punish the proud and boastful people. They will be brought down.

New Living Translation
For the Lord of Heaven's Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted.

Update Bible Version
For there shall be a day of Yahweh of hosts on all that is proud and haughty, and on all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

New Century Version
The Lord All-Powerful has a certain day planned when he will punish the proud and those who brag, and they will no longer be important.

New English Translation
Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud—they will be humiliated;

Webster's Bible Translation
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:

World English Bible
For there will be a day of Yahweh of Hosts for all that is proud and haughty, And for all that is lifted up; And it shall be brought low:

Amplified Bible
For the LORD of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against all who are proud and arrogant And against all who are lifted up, That they may be degraded.

English Standard Version
For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For the dai of the Lord of oostis schal be on ech proud man and hiy, and on ech boostere, and he schal be maad low;

English Revised Version
For there shall be a day of the LORD of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:

Berean Standard Bible
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted-it will be humbled-

Contemporary English Version
The Lord All-Powerful has chosen a day when those who are proud and conceited will be put down.

American Standard Version
For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

Bible in Basic English
For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, Adonai -Tzva'ot has a day in store for all who are proud and lofty, for all who are lifted high to be humiliated;

Darby Translation
For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the LORD of hosts hath a day upon all that is proud and lofty, and upon all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low;

King James Version (1611)
For the day of the Lord of hostes shall bee vpon euery one that is proud and loftie, and vpon euery one that is lifted vp, and he shalbe brought low;

New Life Bible
On that day the Lord of All will be against everyone who is proud and feels important, and against all who are honored. They will be put to shame.

New Revised Standard
For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;

Geneva Bible (1587)
For the day of the Lorde of hostes is vpon all the proude and hautie, and vpon all that is exalted: and it shalbe made lowe.

George Lamsa Translation
For the day of the LORD shall be against every one that is proud and lofty, and against every one that is lifted up, that he shall be brought low;

Good News Translation
On that day the Lord Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, a day of Yahweh of hosts, shall be - Upon every one who is high and lofty, - And upon every one who is lifted up, And he shall be brought low;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled.

Revised Standard Version
For the LORD of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the day of the Lorde of hoastes [shalbe] vpon all the proude, loftie, and vpon all that is exalted, and he shalbe brought lowe:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down;

Christian Standard Bible®
For a day belonging to the Lord of Armies is comingagainst all that is proud and lofty,against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—

Hebrew Names Version
For there will be a day of the LORD of Hosts for all that is proud and haughty, And for all that is lifted up; And it shall be brought low:

King James Version
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:

Lexham English Bible
For there is a day for Yahweh of hosts against all of the proud and the lofty and against all that is lifted up and humble,

Literal Translation
For the day of Jehovah of Hosts shall be on all the proud and lofty ones, and on all that is lifted up; and it will be abased;

Young's Literal Translation
For a day [is] to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the daye of ye LORDE of hostes shal go ouer all pryde & presumpcio, vpon all the that exalte the selues, and shal bringe them all downe?

New American Standard Bible
For the LORD of armies will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is arrogant and haughty, And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be brought low.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the LORD of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is proud and lofty And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be abased.

Legacy Standard Bible
For Yahweh of hosts will have a day of reckoningAgainst everyone who is proud and highAnd against everyone who is lifted up,That he may be made low.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty. ¹¹ The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. ¹² For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up-- And it shall be brought low-- ¹³ Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; ¹⁴ Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up; ¹⁵ Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall; ¹⁶ Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops. ¹⁷ The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted in that day, ¹⁸ But the idols He shall utterly abolish. ¹⁹ They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the day: Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 13:9, Jeremiah 46:10, Ezekiel 13:5, Amos 5:18, Malachi 4:5, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:2

upon: Isaiah 23:9, Proverbs 6:16, Proverbs 6:17, Proverbs 16:5, Daniel 4:37, Daniel 5:20-24, Matthew 23:12, Luke 14:11, James 4:6

Reciprocal: Exodus 14:4 - I will be Leviticus 26:19 - will break Deuteronomy 17:20 - his heart 1 Samuel 2:7 - bringeth 1 Kings 20:32 - Thy servant 2 Kings 14:13 - took Amaziah Job 26:12 - he smiteth Job 40:11 - behold Psalms 94:2 - render Psalms 119:21 - rebuked Proverbs 15:25 - destroy Proverbs 16:18 - General Proverbs 29:23 - man's Isaiah 24:4 - haughty people Isaiah 26:5 - bringeth Isaiah 27:9 - the groves Isaiah 40:4 - every mountain Isaiah 42:15 - General Jeremiah 25:35 - the shepherds Jeremiah 30:7 - for Jeremiah 48:29 - his loftiness Ezekiel 28:2 - Because Daniel 5:23 - lifted Joel 2:1 - for the Micah 2:3 - go Micah 5:11 - and throw Micah 6:1 - before Nahum 1:5 - mountains Habakkuk 2:5 - a proud man Zephaniah 1:7 - for the day Zephaniah 1:16 - and against Zechariah 9:6 - General Zechariah 11:2 - Howl Zechariah 14:1 - General Malachi 4:1 - and all the Acts 2:20 - great 2 Corinthians 10:5 - and every 1 Timothy 3:6 - lest 2 Peter 3:10 - the day Revelation 8:7 - the third

Cross-References

Exodus 28:20
and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.

Exodus 39:13
the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings.

Numbers 11:7
Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium.

Job 28:16
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, In precious onyx or sapphire.

Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created.

Gill's Notes on the 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] upon every [one that is] proud and lofty, and upon every [one that is] lifted up, and he shall be brought low; either the day of his mighty power and efficacious grace shall be upon them to convert them; when they who thought themselves in a good estate, rich, and standing in need of nothing, shall now perceive themselves to be in a very poor, wretched, and miserable one; and when such who have trusted in and boasted of their own righteousness, and despised others, and would not submit to the righteousness of Christ; shall now renounce their own, and gladly embrace his; and when those who prided themselves with their free will, strength, and power, will now find that they can do nothing of themselves, and without Christ, his Spirit and grace; and such, who fancied that their own right hand could save them, will now see that there is salvation in no other but Christ, and will prostrate themselves before him, and seek unto him alone for peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life: or else this means the day of the Lord's vengeance on his proud and haughty enemies, who would not have him to reign over them; these shall be as stubble, when the day of the Lord, which will burn like an oven, will consume and destroy them, Malachi 4:1.

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,” because it would be a time when “he” would particularly manifest himself, and when “he” would be recognized as the inflicter of that punishment. “His” coming forth in this manner would give “character” to that time, and would be the prominent “event.” The punishment of the wicked is thus freguently called “the day of the Lord;” Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 13:9 : ‘Behold the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger,’ etc.; Jeremiah 46:10 : ‘The day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance.’ Ezekiel 30:3; Zephaniah 1:7, Zephaniah 1:14; Joel 2:31; see also in the New Testament, 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10.

Every one that is proud and lofty - Or, rather, every “thing” that is high and lofty. The phrase is not restricted to “persons,” though it embraces them. But though the language here is general, the reference is doubtless, mainly, to the princes, magistrates, and nobility of the nation; and is designed not only to designate them as men of rank and power, but as men who were haughty in their demeanour and feelings. At the same time, there is included in the language, as the subsequent verses show, all on which the nation prided itself.