The Meaning of Isaiah 2:17 Explained

Isaiah 2:17

KJV: And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

YLT: And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

Darby: And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day:

ASV: And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 2:17?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 2:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 2:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 2:17?

What is the context of Isaiah 2:17?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

What does Isaiah 2:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 2:12-22 - An Exhortation To Humility And Reverence

If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be compelled to do so in the anguish of their disappointment with their helpless deities, Isaiah 2:20. Nothing in that great civilization would be spared. High towers, fenced walls, ships, treasures, armor-all would perish. Their vaunted faith in man would cease. Life would become elemental in its simplicity amid the shelter of the ragged rocks. In sarcastic phrase the prophet depicts a despairing nation choosing for ruler the first man that came along with a decent coat on his back, Isaiah 2:6; but in vain. We can almost hear the sob of the prophet's soul in Isaiah 2:8-9, and recall the tears of a greater than Isaiah, Who wept over this same Jerusalem eight hundred years afterward. Patriotism is one of the purest passions that can burn in the heart of man! "Lives there a man, with soul so dead, that never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 2

¹ Isaiah prophesies the coming of Christ's kingdom
⁶ Wickedness is the cause of God's forsaking
¹⁰ He exhorts to fear, because of the powerful effects of God's majesty

What do the individual words in Isaiah 2:17 mean?

And shall be bowed down the loftiness of man and shall be brought low the haughtiness of men and will be exalted Yahweh alone in day that

וְשַׁח֙ גַּבְה֣וּת הָאָדָ֔ם וְשָׁפֵ֖ל ר֣וּם אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וְנִשְׂגַּ֧ב יְהוָ֛ה לְבַדּ֖וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא

וְשַׁח֙	And shall be bowed down
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁחַח Sense: to bow, crouch, bow down, be bowed down.
גַּבְה֣וּת	the loftiness
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: גַּבְהוּת Sense: haughtiness.
הָאָדָ֔ם	of man
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: אָדָם Sense: man, mankind.
וְשָׁפֵ֖ל	and shall be brought low
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁפֵל Sense: to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased.
ר֣וּם	the haughtiness
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: רוּם Sense: haughtiness, height, elevation.
אֲנָשִׁ֑ים	of men
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
וְנִשְׂגַּ֧ב	and will be exalted
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׂגַב Sense: to be high, be inaccessibly high.
יְהוָ֛ה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לְבַדּ֖וֹ	alone
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: בַּד Sense: alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone.
בַּיּ֥וֹם	in day
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
הַהֽוּא	that
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.

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