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Isaiah 23:9

The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

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ASV

Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

KJV

The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
יְעָצָ֑הּye.'a.Tzahhe planned itH3289 →
לְחַלֵּל֙le.cha.Lelto profaneH2490 →
גְּא֣וֹןge.'on[the] pride ofH1347 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
צְבִ֔יtze.VisplendorH6643 →
לְהָקֵ֖לle.ha.Kelto treat with contemptH7043 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
נִכְבַּדֵּי־nikh.ba.dei-[the] honored [people] ofH3513 →
אָֽרֶץ׃'A.retz[the] earthH776 →

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James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.Job 40:11–12Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.Obadiah 1:2“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.Daniel 4:37Now 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.Isaiah 14:26This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—Jeremiah 13:9“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.Isaiah 16:14And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”Jeremiah 47:6–7‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’Isaiah 14:24The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.1 Corinthians 1:26–29Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.Isaiah 14:27The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?Job 12:21He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.Isaiah 5:15–16So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.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.”

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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