Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, ¹  for ²  all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;

You will fall; while lying on the ground ¹  you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. ²  Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; ³  from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation. ⁴ 

so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

God chose ¹  what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

he sets ¹  the lowly ²  on high, that those who mourn ³  are raised ⁴  to safety.

For you deliver oppressed ¹  people, but you bring down those who have a proud look. ² 

I am dazed ¹  and completely humiliated; ²  all day long I walk around mourning.

Now the believer ¹  of humble means ²  should take pride ³  in his high position. ⁴ 

Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. ¹  The tallest trees ²  will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, ¹  as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, ²  ‘Since you fell asleep, ³  no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’ ⁴ 

Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor ¹  and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”

when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord,

Moab ¹  will spread out its hands in the middle of it, ²  just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim; the Lord ³  will bring down Moab’s ⁴  pride as it spreads its hands. ⁵ 

Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.

You deliver oppressed ¹  people, but you watch the proud and bring them down. ² 

His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets. ¹ 

So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail, both the shoots and stalk ¹  in one day.

Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk. ¹ 

When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! ¹  You have brought me disaster! ²  I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.” ³