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12 For Yahweh of hosts will have a day of reckoning
Against (A)everyone who is proud and high
And against everyone who is lifted up,
That he may be made low.
13 And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up,
Against all the (B)oaks of Bashan,
14 Against all the (C)high mountains,
Against all the hills that are lifted up,
15 Against every (D)lofty tower,
Against every fortified wall,
16 Against all the (E)ships of Tarshish
And against all the desirable craft.
17 The loftiness of [a]man will be bowed down,
And the [b]men who are high will be made low;
And Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:17 Or common man, cf. 2:9
  2. Isaiah 2:17 Or men of importance, cf. 2:9

14 Therefore a rumbling will arise among your people,
And all your (A)fortifications will be destroyed,
As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,
When (B)mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.

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It is He who (A)flashes forth with devastation upon the strong
So that (B)devastation comes upon the fortification.

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