2:11 Proud men will be brought low,
arrogant men will be humiliated; 1
the Lord alone will be exalted 2
in that day.
2:17 Proud men will be humiliated,
arrogant men will be brought low; 3
the Lord alone will be exalted 4
in that day.
45:17 Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; 5
you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. 6
1 tn Heb “and the eyes of the pride of men will be brought low, and the arrogance of men will be brought down.” The repetition of the verbs שָׁפַל (shafal) and שָׁחָח (shakhakh) from v. 9 draws attention to the appropriate nature of the judgment. Those proud men who “bow low” before idols will be forced to “bow low” before God when he judges their sin.
2 tn Or “elevated”; CEV “honored.”
3 tn Heb “and the pride of men will be brought down, and the arrogance of men will be brought low.” As in v. 11, the repetition of the verbs שָׁפַל (shafal) and שָׁחָח (shakhakh) from v. 9 draws attention to the appropriate nature of the judgment. Those proud men who “bow low” before idols will be forced to “bow low” before God when he judges their sin.
4 tn Or “elevated”; NCV “praised”; CEV “honored.”
5 tn Heb “Israel will be delivered by the Lord [with] a permanent deliverance.”
6 tn Heb “you will not be ashamed and you will not be humiliated for ages of future time.”