For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
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- WEB For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:
- KJV For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
- NKJV For the day of the Lord of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up— And it shall be brought low—
- NASB ¶For the Lord of armies will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is arrogant and haughty, And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be brought low.
- NLT For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted.
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Quick answer
The LORD has appointed a day against all that is proud and lifted up, to bring it low. God's judgment specifically targets human arrogance.
Overview
'The day of Yahweh of Armies' is a day of reckoning when God humbles all that exalts itself. The following verses list the proud objects that will be cast down. This day of the LORD theme runs through the prophets and points to the final judgment Christ will execute.
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- Mal 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
- Isa 23:9The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
- Prov 16:5Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
- Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Ezek 13:5You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
- 1 Cor 5:5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
- Dan 5:20–24But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
- Isa 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Jer 46:10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
- 1 Th 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- Isa 24:21In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
- Mal 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- Isa 24:4The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
- Matt 23:12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Amos 5:18Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
- Job 40:11–12Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
- Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
- Jas 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Isa 13:9Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
- Prov 6:16–17There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
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