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Isaiah 25:11

He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.

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ASV

And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim; but Jehovah will lay low his pride together with the craft of his hands.

KJV

And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּפֵרַ֤שׂu.fe.Rasand it will spread outH6566 →
יָדָיו֙ya.Davhands itsH3027 →
בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹbe.kir.Boin midst itsH7130 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
יְפָרֵ֥שׂye.fa.Reshe spreads [them] outH6566 →
הַשֹּׂחֶ֖הha.so.Cheh<the> swimmerH7811 →
לִשְׂח֑וֹתlis.Chotto swimH7811 →
וְהִשְׁפִּיל֙ve.hish.Piland he will bring lowH8213 →
גַּֽאֲוָת֔וֹga.'a.va.Tohaughtiness itsH1346 →
עִ֖ם'imwithH5973 →
אָרְבּ֥וֹת'a.re.Bot[the] tricks ofH698 →
יָדָֽיו׃ya.Davhands itsH3027 →

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Isaiah 14:26This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.Isaiah 16:6We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.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.Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.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 51:44I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.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.Jeremiah 48:42Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.Isaiah 65:2All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,Jeremiah 50:31–32“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.Colossians 2:15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Leviticus 26:19I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,Isaiah 25:5like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.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.Psalms 2:5Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.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.

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About Isaiah

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