Isaiah 2:12 - Exposition

For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one ; rather, For the Lord of hosts shall have a day upon everything . The passage is exegetical of "that day" in the preceding verse. A "day"—or time—is certainly coming which shall be emphatically "the Lord's"—a day on which he will descend to judgment. Proud … lofty … lifted up (comp. Isaiah 2:11 ). "The ideas of eminence, pride, and opposition to God melt into each other in the Old Testament" (Cheyne). And he shall be brought low ; rather, that it may be brought low ( so Gesenius and Cheyne).