Isaiah 2:12-17 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be on every one that is proud and lofty, and on every one that is lifted up… The flood, the destruction of Sodom, the invasion of Judaea in the reigns of Ahaz and Hezekiah, the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar or by Titus, were held by the Jewish prophets and preachers — as the like national crises in ancient and in modern history have ever been held by Christian philosophers and historians — to be "days of the Lord," in which He has come to judge the earth; and partial anticipations of the last judgment of the world. (Sir E. Strachey, Bart.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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: |