Isaiah 2:9
Douay-Rheims
And man hath bowed himself down, and man hath been debased: therefore forgive them not.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
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 Rev 18:6.
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1871 · Isaiah 2:9
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.