11-17 People with a big head are headed for a fall,
    pretentious egos brought down a peg.
It’s God alone at front-and-center
    on the Day we’re talking about,
The Day that God-of-the-Angel-Armies
    is matched against all big-talking rivals,
    against all swaggering big names;
Against all giant sequoias
    hugely towering,
    and against the expansive chestnut;
Against Kilimanjaro and Annapurna,
    against the ranges of Alps and Andes;
Against every soaring skyscraper,
    against all proud obelisks and statues;
Against ocean-going luxury liners,
    against elegant three-masted schooners.
The swelled big heads will be punctured bladders,
    the pretentious egos brought down to earth,
Leaving God alone at front-and-center
    on the Day we’re talking about.

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15 for every lofty tower(A)
    and every fortified wall,(B)
16 for every trading ship[a](C)
    and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(D)
    and human pride humbled;(E)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish