Isaiah 2:12

Translations

Modern

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—

Traditional

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:

Literal

For the day of YHWH of hosts is upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up—and it will be brought low—

Latin

Quia dies Domini exercituum super omnem superbum, et excelsum, et super omnem arrogantem, et humiliabitur;

Original

Hebrew

English

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—

Notes

Isaiah 2:11–12

A key theme in Isaiah is that the Lord will be exalted and humble people will be restored (Isaiah 57:15), while proud and powerful people are humbled (26:5).
The day of judgment and the day of reckoning are also called the Day of the LORD. There are seven references to this in Isaiah 2–4 (2:11, 17, 20; 3:6, 18; 4:1, 2).

Isaiah 2:5–22

The prophet warned of judgment and mocked human pride. All human systems (religious, economic, military, and social) will face God's examination and be found lacking on the Day of the Lord. This is the final day in history when God will judge the wicked once and for all (1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 20:7–15).

Sometimes, prophets used the phrase the day of the Lord (or others like it, such as that day) to describe specific times when God judged wickedness throughout history (see Isaiah 13:6, 9; Ezekiel 13:5; 30:3; Obadiah 1:15). On the Day of the Lord, only God will be honored. All human wickedness and pride will be defeated. This glorious day of God's arrival will fill wicked and arrogant people with fear (Isaiah 2:10, 19, 21).

Isaiah 2:5–4:1

Isaiah condemned Israel and Judah for their pride and self-importance. He warned them that only God should be honored. All attempts by humans to lift themselves up will actually result in humiliation.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah The Day of the Lord

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
Isaiah 23:9
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
Proverbs 16:5
Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Isaiah 13:6
Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Jeremiah 46:10
For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
1 Corinthians 5:5
…hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
Isaiah 24:21
In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
Ezekiel 13:5
You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Book of Zephaniah Isaiah, Book of Last Days Lord

Topics

Day: A Time of Judgment Called a Day of The Lord Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Judgments: No Escape From Pride: General Scriptures Concerning Pride: They Who are Guilty of, Shall Be: Brought Low

Isaiah 2:12

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