Isaiah 2:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י י֞וֹם לַיהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת עַ֥ל כָּל־גֵּאֶ֖ה וָרָ֑ם וְעַ֖ל כָּל־נִשָּׂ֥א וְשָׁפֵֽל׃

Transliteration

For yôm belongs-to-YHWH ṣəbāʾôt against all-gēʾê and-rām, and-against all-niśśāʾ and-šāpēl.

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
• *la-YHWH*: preposition + proper noun - belonging to/for the LORD
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
• *ʿal*: preposition - against/upon
• *kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of/every
• *gēʾê*: adjective, masculine singular - proud/arrogant
• *wā-rām*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and lofty/high
• *wə-ʿal*: conjunction + preposition - and against/upon
• *niśśāʾ*: verb, niphal participle, masculine singular - lifted up/exalted
• *wə-šāpēl*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will be brought low

Word Meanings

• *yôm la-YHWH*: day of the LORD/day belonging to YHWH
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: hosts/armies/multitudes
• *gēʾê*: proud/arrogant/haughty
• *rām*: lofty/high/exalted
• *niśśāʾ*: lifted up/exalted/elevated
• *šāpēl*: brought low/humbled/abased

Referenced Verses

• Mal 4:1 : 1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
• Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
• Matt 23:12 : 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
• Luke 14:11 : 11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
• 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
• Jas 4:6 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
• Job 40:11-12 : 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
• Prov 6:16-17 : 16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
• Prov 16:5 : 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
• Isa 13:6 : 6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
• Isa 13:9 : 9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
• Isa 23:9 : 9 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.
• Isa 24:4 : 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
• Isa 24:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
• Jer 46:10 : 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
• Ezek 13:5 : 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• Dan 5:20-24 : 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: 24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
• Amos 5:18 : 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.