The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and l
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are
‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in tha
Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and a
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not m
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the da
Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the loft
He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it w
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything b
They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.