Isaiah 2:17
New Revised Standard Version
The haughtiness of people shall be humbled, and the pride of everyone shall be brought low; and the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.

Contemporary English Version
When that day comes, everyone who is proud will be put down. Only the LORD will be honored.

New American Bible
Then human pride shall be abased, the arrogance of mortals brought low, And the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the loftiness of men shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the loftiness of men shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

the loftiness

Isaiah 2:11 The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 13:11 And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.

Jeremiah 48:29,30 We have heard the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his haughtiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the loftiness of his heart. . . .

Ezekiel 28:2-7 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am God, and I sit in the chair of God in the heart of the sea: whereas thou art a man, and not God: and hast set thy heart as if it were the heart of God. . . .

Context
The Day of Reckoning
16And upon all the ships of Tharsis, and upon all that is fair to behold. 17And the loftiness of men shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.18And idols shall be utterly destroyed.…
Cross References
Psalm 20:8
They are bound, and have fallen: but we are risen, and are set upright.

Psalm 46:10
Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.

Isaiah 2:16
And upon all the ships of Tharsis, and upon all that is fair to behold.

Isaiah 2:18
And idols shall be utterly destroyed.

Isaiah 5:16
And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified in justice.

Isaiah 30:18
Therefore the Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Isaiah 2:16
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