So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;
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So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;
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And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
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And man is bowed down, and man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled;
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Passages linked to Isaiah 5:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 2:9 Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don’t forgive them.
- Isaiah 2:11 The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
- Jeremiah 5:4-5 Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the Yahweh’s way, nor the law of their God. I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God.” But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
- Exodus 9:17 because you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go.
- Job 40:11-12 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low. Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
- Psalms 62:9 Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
- Isaiah 2:17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 9:14-17 Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day. The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail. For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed. Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 10:12 Therefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his arrogant looks.
- Isaiah 10:33 Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
- Isaiah 13:11 I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the arrogance of the terrible.
- Isaiah 24:2-4 It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest. The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word. The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
- Isaiah 37:23 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 37:29 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
- Jeremiah 5:9 Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
- James 1:9-11 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
- 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Revelation 6:15-16 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains. They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 5:15 And the mean man shall be brought…
Isa 5:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Ver. 15. And the mean man shall be brought down, &c.] Here the prophet, before he comes to the third denunciation (for this part of the chapter, like Ezekiel’s roll, is full of lamentation, and mourning, and woe, Eze 2:10), inserteth three good effects of the fore-threatened punishments: {a} - 1. That the wicked shall be thereby tamed (in this verse); 2. That God’s glory shall be asserted; {Isa 5:16} and 3. That God’s poor people shall be graciously provided for; {Isa 5:17} see for this verse, Isa 2:9.
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And the eyes of the haughty.] See on Isa 2:11.
{a} Piscat.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All of them, both high and low, shall be…
All of them, both high and low, shall be brought to destruction.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the mean man shall be brought down,.... To…
And the mean man shall be brought down,.... To hell, or the grave, as well as the rich and noble:
and the mighty man shall be humbled; laid low in the dust, and be equal to the poor; for, in the grave, princes and peasants are alike; or they shall be all alike, in the same low and miserable condition:
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and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled; when famine and distress, ruin and misery, come upon them, then shall the pride of those be abased, as it was; who boasted of their riches and honour, of their descent and parentage, as the children of Abraham, and as being free men, and never in bondage; of their righteousness and good works; not submitting to the righteousness of Christ; but despising it, and looking with disdain upon, and treating with contempt, such as they thought less holy than themselves. The Scribes and Pharisees, the members of the sanhedrim, and rulers of the people, together with the whole body of the nation, are meant; who were all of the same cast and complexion, being conceited of themselves, and proud boasters.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The mighty - All of them, both high and…
The mighty - All of them, both high and low, shall be brought to destruction.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Isa 5:15-17. And the mean man, &c. — All…
Isa 5:15-17. And the mean man, &c. — All of them, both high and low, shall be brought to destruction. But the Lord shall be exalted in judgment — By the execution of his just judgment upon his incorrigible enemies. And God that is holy shall be sanctified — Shall appear to be a holy God; in righteousness — That is, by displaying his righteousness, or executing his righteous judgments. Then, &c. — When God shall have finished that work of judgment upon the ungodly, he will extend mercy to the remainder; the lambs — The poor and harmless people, who shall be left in the land, when the rich are carried into captivity, as it happened 2Ki 25:12; shall feed after their manner — Or, without restraint, as Bishop Lowth renders it. And the waste places of the fat ones — The lands left by their owners, the rich and great men, who were either slain or carried into captivity; shall strangers eat — The poor Israelites who were left in the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen, who are called strangers, because they were so in reference to that land, not being the proper owners of it, nor related to them. Vitringa is of opinion that this verse “refers to the first disciples of Jesus Christ, who, seeing and deploring the destruction of the Jews, should rest safely under the protection of God; while, according to the next clause, the Gentiles should be brought into the communion of the church, and rejoice in those benefits, prerogatives, and privileges, whereof the carnal, rich, and luxurious Jews were deprived.” See Joh 10:16.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And the mean man ... the mighty man -…
And the mean man ... the mighty man - The expressions here mean that “all” ranks would be subdued and punished; see the note at Isa 2:9.
The eyes of the lofty ... - see Isa 2:11, note; Isa 2:17, note.
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Shall be exalted in judgment - In his justice; he shall so manifest his justice as to be exalted in the view of tbe people.
Shall be sanctified - Shall be “regarded” as holy. He shall so manifest his righteousness in his dealings, that it shall be seen and felt that he is a holy God.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (Compare Isa 2:9, Isa 2:11, Isa 2:17). All ranks,…
(Compare Isa 2:9, Isa 2:11, Isa 2:17). All ranks, "mean" and "mighty" alike; so "honorable" and "multitude" (Isa 5:13).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15, 16. A reminiscence of the refrain in ch.…
15, 16. A reminiscence of the refrain in ch. Isa_2:9; Isa_2:11; Isa_2:17; but with significant modifications. These verses seem to interrupt the connexion of Isa_5:17 with Isa_5:14, and are either parenthetical or interpolated.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) The mean man shall be brought.—The recurrence of…
(15) The mean man shall be brought.—The recurrence of the burden of Isa_2:9; Isa_2:11-12; Isa_2:17, connects Isaiah 5 with the earlier portion of the introduction.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the mean man, hall be brought down; rather,…
And the mean man, hall be brought down; rather, so the mean man is brought down; i.e. in this way, by the Captivity and the consequent sufferings and deaths, both high and low are brought down and humbled, while God is exalted in man"s sight. The future is throughout spoken of as present. (comp. Isa_2:9, Isa_2:11, Isa_2:17)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Man will be forced to bend down, and mankind…
Man will be forced to bend down, and mankind will be humbled
The phrases used together mean the same thing and are used together for emphasis. This can be stated in active form. See how you translated similar words in Isaiah 2:9. AT: "God will make every person bow down and be humble" (See: Parallelism and Active or Passive)
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Man will be forced to bend down, and mankind will be humbled
Future events are spoken of as if they have already happened. (See: Predictive Past)
Man will be forced to bend down
Bending down often symbolizes being humiliated. (See: Symbolic Action)
the eyes of the lofty will be cast down
Looking down is often a sign of being ashamed. See how you translated similar words in Isaiah 2:11. AT: "the eyes of proud people will look down in shame" or "people who were proud are now ashamed" (See: Metonymy)
the lofty
Here proud, arrogant people are spoken of as if they are high above other people. AT: "proud" (See: Metaphor)
Yahweh of hosts will be exalted in his justice
This can be stated in active form. AT: "People will praise Yahweh of hosts because he is just" (See: Active or Passive)
Yahweh of hosts
See how you translated this in Isaiah 1:9.
will be exalted
Being honored is spoken of as if it were being lifted high. AT: "will be greatly honored" (See: Metaphor)
the sheep will feed as in their own pasture
Yahweh will destroy the city of Jerusalem, which was called a "vineyard" in Isaiah 5:1. It will become good for nothing except for sheep to eat grass there.
graze
eat grass
in the ruins, lambs will graze as foreigners
That is, the lambs will graze there. The land will be worthless for any other use. (See: Simile)
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humble
Yahweh of hosts
exalt
just
Holy One
righteous
lamb
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