Holy Scripture

Isaiah 2:17

A church father on this verse
“Here it is as if he concludes the proposition; and it is entirely the same as what was said before, except that something is added about the destruction of idols, so that he alone may be shown to be the highest.”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Isaiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

17And every man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall fall: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

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In context

15and upon every high tower, and upon every high wall,

16and upon every ship of the sea, and upon every display of fine ships.

— Isaiah 2:17 —

18And they shall hide all idols made with hands,

19having carried them into the caves, and into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.

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