Isa 2:9, 11, 17 | JFB | STEP | 9. mean —in rank: not morally base: opposed to "the great man." The former is in Hebrew, Adam, the latter, ish. boweth —namely, to idols. All ranks were idolaters. forgive . . . not —a threat expressed by an imperative. Isaiah so identifies himself with God's will, that he prays for that which he knows God purposes. So .

Isaiah 2:9

9. mean—in rank: not morally base: opposed to "the great man." The former is in Hebrew, Adam, the latter, ish.

boweth—namely, to idols. All ranks were idolaters.

forgive . . . not—a threat expressed by an imperative. Isaiah so identifies himself with God's will, that he prays for that which he knows God purposes. So Re 18:6.

Isaiah 2:11

11. lofty looks—literally, "eyes of pride" (Ps 18:27).

humbled—by calamities. God will so vindicate His honor "in that day" of judgments, that none else "shall be exalted" (Zec 14:9).

Isaiah 2:17

17. Repeated from Isa 2:11, for emphatic confirmation.