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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 2, Verse 9

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Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
King James Version
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
American Standard Version
And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.
New English Translation
Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don’t spare them!
World English Bible
Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don't forgive them.
10
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
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The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
12
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:
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And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, [that are] high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
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And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up,
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And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
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And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
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And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
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And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
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And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.