Isaiah 23:9 Cross References

Isaiah 23:9

9: The LORD Almighty has done it to destroy your pride and show his contempt for all human greatness.

"I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and the haughtiness of the mighty.

The day is coming when your pride will be brought low and the LORD alone will be exalted.

He gives us more and more strength to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say, "God sets himself against the proud, but he shows favor to the humble."

"Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble those who are proud."

Only I can tell you what is going to happen even before it happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.
I will call a swift bird of prey from the east--a leader from a distant land who will come and do my bidding. I have said I would do it, and I will.

"Now, O sword of the LORD, when will you be at rest again? Go back into your sheath; rest and be still!
But how can it be still when the LORD has sent it on an errand? For the city of Ashkelon and the people living along the sea must be destroyed."

The LORD Almighty says, "The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. The arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw on that day. They will be consumed like a tree--roots and all.

In that day the arrogant will be brought down to the dust; the proud will be humbled.
But the LORD Almighty is exalted by his justice. The holiness of God is displayed by his righteousness.

Furthermore, because of Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us from the beginning, and all things happen just as he decided long ago.

The arrogance of all people will be brought low. Their pride will lie in the dust. The LORD alone will be exalted!

the LORD pours contempt on their princes, causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.

The LORD Almighty has spoken--who can change his plans? When his hand moves, who can stop him?"

So I will send my people into exile far away because they do not know me. The great and honored among them will starve, and the common people will die of thirst.

This was his plan from all eternity, and it has now been carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.

But look! The Lord, the LORD Almighty, will chop down the mighty tree! He will destroy all that vast army of Assyria--officers and high officials alike.

Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world's eyes, or powerful, or wealthy when God called you.
Instead, God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose those who are powerless to shame those who are powerful.
God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important,
so that no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

The LORD Almighty has sworn this oath: "It will all happen as I have planned. It will come about according to my purposes.

Then say, `LORD, you have said that you will destroy Babylon so that neither people nor animals will remain here. She will lie empty and abandoned forever.'

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