Isaiah 2:15 — Meaning and Application

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“And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,”

Isaiah 2:15

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And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, {that are} high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills {that are} lifted up,

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. {pleasant...: Heb. pictures of desire}

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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Isaiah 2:1

"The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem."

Isaiah 2:2

"And it shall come to pass in the last days, {that} the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. {established: or, prepared}"

Isaiah 2:3

"And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem."

Isaiah 2:4

"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. {pruninghooks: or, scythes}"

Isaiah 2:5

"O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD."

Isaiah 2:6

"Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and {are} soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. {from...: or, more than the} {please...: or, abound with the}"

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