“Yahweh says, ‘In this way I, will ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
- BSB “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
- NKJV “Thus says the Lord: ‘In this manner I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
- NASB “This is what the Lord says: ‘To the same extent I will destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
- NLT “This is what the Lord says: This shows how I will rot away the pride of Judah and Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
God declares He will ruin the pride of Judah and Jerusalem just as the belt was ruined.
Overview
The interpretation centers on 'pride,' the arrogant self-reliance that led Judah from God. Like the discarded belt, their proud glory will be marred and made worthless. The verse warns that human pride sets one against God, who 'opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble' (James 4:6).
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- Lev 26:19I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like brass.
- Prov 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Zeph 3:11In that day you will not be disappointed for all your doings, in which you have transgressed against me; for then I will take away out from among you your proudly exulting ones, and you will no more be haughty in my holy mountain.
- Isa 23:9Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
- Isa 2:10–17Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.
- Jer 13:15–17Hear, and give ear. Don’t be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.
- Job 40:10–12“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
- Jer 48:29“We have heard of the pride of Moab. He is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
- Lam 5:5–8Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
- Isa 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogance, his pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing.
- Ezek 16:50They were haughty, and committed abomination before me. Therefore I took them away when I saw it.
- Jer 18:4–6When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
- 1 Pet 5:5Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Nah 2:2For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches.
- Jas 4:6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Ezek 16:56For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,
- Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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