But some men from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low. ¹ 

The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.” ¹ 

“But you, his son ¹  Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, ²  although you knew all this.

And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but ¹  the one who humbles ²  himself will be exalted.”

He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross!

In his pain ¹  Manasseh ²  asked the Lord his God for mercy ³  and truly ⁴  humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. ⁵ 

“Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse ¹  before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.” ² 

When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: ¹  “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. ²  My anger will not be unleashed against ³  Jerusalem through ⁴  Shishak.

‘You displayed a sensitive spirit ¹  and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.

Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; ¹  the Lord alone will be exalted ²  in that day.

Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. ¹  Don’t spare them! ² 

(and I myself will walk in hostility against them and bring them into the land of their enemies), and ¹  then their uncircumcised hearts become humbled and they make up for ²  their iniquity,

So when Rehoboam ¹  humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; ²  Judah experienced some good things. ³ 

But then Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem humbled themselves and abandoned their pride, and the Lord was not angry with them for the rest of Hezekiah’s reign. ¹ 

I tell you that this man went down to his home justified ¹  rather than the Pharisee. ²  For everyone who exalts ³  himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Because God has untied ¹  my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence. ² 

I weep and refrain from eating food, ¹  which causes others to insult me. ² 

He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. ¹  Amon was guilty of great sin. ²