Against all the lofty mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,
Parallel translations
- WEB For all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up,
- KJV And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
- BSB against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,
- NKJV Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up;
- NLT He will level all the high mountains and all the lofty hills.
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Quick answer
The high mountains and lofty hills will also be brought low. Even the most imposing features of creation symbolize pride to be humbled.
Overview
Mountains and hills extend the imagery of elevated things that must be leveled before God. The point is the comprehensive humbling of everything that exalts itself. God alone is to be exalted, and all rival heights will fall.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Isa 30:25There shall be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- Isa 40:4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
- Ps 110:5–6The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
- 2 Cor 10:5throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
- Ps 68:16Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
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