Isaias 2:12
Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quia dies Domini exercituum super omnem superbum, et excelsum, et super omnem arrogantem, et humiliabitur ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἡμέρα γὰρ Κυρίου σαβαὼθ ἐπὶ πάντα ὑβριστὴν καὶ ὑπερήφανον καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα ὑψηλὸν καὶ μετέωρον, καὶ ταπεινωθήσονται,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כִּ֣י י֞וֹם לַיהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת עַ֥ל כָּל גֵּאֶ֖ה וָרָ֑ם וְעַ֖ל כָּל נִשָּׂ֥א וְשָׁפֵֽל
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyprian The Epistles of Cyprian, Epistle LIV
3. But, dearest brother, ecclesiastical discipline is not on that account to be forsaken, nor priestly censure to be relaxed, because we are disturbed with reproaches or are shaken with terrors; since Holy Scripture meets and warns us, saying, “But he who presumes and is haughty, the man who boasts of himself, who hath enlarged his soul as hell, shall accomplish nothing.” And again: “And fear not the words of a sinful man, for his glory shall be dung and worms. …