Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So people will be brought low and everyone humbled— do not forgive them. New Living Translation So now they will be humbled, and all will be brought low— do not forgive them. English Standard Version So man is humbled, and each one is brought low— do not forgive them! Berean Standard Bible So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them! King James Bible And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. New King James Version People bow down, And each man humbles himself; Therefore do not forgive them. New American Standard Bible So the common person has been humbled And the person of importance has been brought low, But do not forgive them. NASB 1995 So the common man has been humbled And the man of importance has been abased, But do not forgive them. NASB 1977 So the common man has been humbled, And the man of importance has been abased, But do not forgive them. Legacy Standard Bible So the common man has been bowed down, And the man of importance has been made low, But do not forgive them. Amplified Bible So the common man has been humbled [before idols] And the man of importance has been degraded, Therefore do not forgive them [O LORD]. Christian Standard Bible So humanity is brought low, and each person is humbled. Do not forgive them! Holman Christian Standard Bible So humanity is brought low, and man is humbled. Do not forgive them! American Standard Version And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not. Contemporary English Version And so, all of them will be ashamed and disgraced. Don't forgive them! English Revised Version And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low; therefore forgive them not. GOD'S WORD® Translation People will be brought down. Everyone will be humbled. Do not forgive them. Good News Translation Everyone will be humiliated and disgraced. Do not forgive them, LORD! International Standard Version "So mankind is humbled, each human being is brought low, and you won't forgive." Majority Standard Bible So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them! NET Bible Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don't spare them! New Heart English Bible So people bow down, people are low, therefore do not lift them up. Webster's Bible Translation And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. World English Bible Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don’t forgive them. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the low bows down, and the high is humbled, "" And You do not accept them. Young's Literal Translation And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not. Smith's Literal Translation And man will bow down, and a man will humble himself, and thou shalt not lift up to them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd man hath bowed himself down, and man hath been debased: therefore forgive them not. Catholic Public Domain Version And man has bowed himself down, and so man has become debased. Therefore, you should not forgive them. New American Bible So all shall be abased, each one brought low. Do not pardon them! New Revised Standard Version And so people are humbled, and everyone is brought low— do not forgive them! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the common man is humbled, and the mighty man is brought low; therefore forgive them not. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And a man is humbled, and the mighty man is fallen, and you shall not forgive them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And man boweth down, And man lowereth himself; And Thou canst not bear with them. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the mean man bowed down, and the great man was humbled: and I will not pardon them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Day of Reckoning…8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. 9So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them! 10Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.… Cross References Romans 1:21-23 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Philippians 2:10-11 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Revelation 6:15-17 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ... Jeremiah 10:14-15 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. / They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish. Ezekiel 8:10-12 So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel. / Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’” Micah 5:13-15 I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands. / I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities. / I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.” 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords), / yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Revelation 9:20-21 Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. / Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft. Psalm 135:15-18 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. ... Hosea 13:2 Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!” Habakkuk 2:18-20 What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. / Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.” / But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him. 1 Kings 19:18 Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.” 1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Treasury of Scripture And the mean man bows down, and the great man humbles himself: therefore forgive them not. the mean Isaiah 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: Psalm 49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. Jeremiah 5:4,5 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God… humbleth Isaiah 57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. Colossians 2:18,23 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, … therefore Isaiah 27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. Joshua 24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. Jeremiah 18:23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. Jump to Previous Abased Acceptest Bear Bent Bowed Boweth Cause Common Face Forgive Forgiveness Goes Great Head Humbled Humbleth Importance Low Mankind Mean PoorJump to Next Abased Acceptest Bear Bent Bowed Boweth Cause Common Face Forgive Forgiveness Goes Great Head Humbled Humbleth Importance Low Mankind Mean PoorIsaiah 2 1. Isaiah prophesies the coming of Christ's kingdom6. Wickedness is the cause of God's forsaking 10. He exhorts to fear, because of the powerful effects of God's majesty So mankind is brought low The phrase "mankind is brought low" reflects the Hebrew word "שָׁחַח" (shachach), which means to bow down or be humbled. This imagery is powerful, suggesting a forced humility or abasement. In the context of Isaiah, this lowering of mankind is a result of their pride and idolatry. Historically, the Israelites often turned to idols and foreign alliances, forsaking their covenant with God. This phrase serves as a reminder of the consequences of such actions, emphasizing that human pride will ultimately lead to downfall. It is a call to recognize our dependence on God and the futility of self-exaltation. and man is humbled do not forgive them! Therefore forgive them not.--As a prayer the words find a parallel in Psalm 69:27; Psalm 109:14, but the rendering adopted by Cheyne and others, And thou canst not forgive them, is perhaps preferable. The sin is treated as "a sin unto death," for which it is vain to pray (Isaiah 22:14). Verse 9. - And the mean man boweth down, etc. So Ewald and Kay; but most other commentators render, "Therefore shall the mean man be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and thou shalt not [or, 'canst not'] forgive them" (Rosenmüller, Lowth, Gcsenius, Knobel, Cheyne). The transition from narrative to threatening comes best at the beginning of the verse.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So mankindאָדָ֖ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being is brought low, וַיִּשַּׁ֥ח (way·yiš·šaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7817: To bow, be bowed down, crouch and man אִ֑ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person is humbled— וַיִּשְׁפַּל־ (way·yiš·pal-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8213: To be or become low, to be abased do not וְאַל־ (wə·’al-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 408: Not forgive them! תִּשָּׂ֖א (tiś·śā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take Links Isaiah 2:9 NIVIsaiah 2:9 NLT Isaiah 2:9 ESV Isaiah 2:9 NASB Isaiah 2:9 KJV Isaiah 2:9 BibleApps.com Isaiah 2:9 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 2:9 Chinese Bible Isaiah 2:9 French Bible Isaiah 2:9 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 2:9 Man is brought low and mankind (Isa Isi Is) |