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Isaiah 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And the mean man boweth down, etc. So Ewald and Kay; but most other commentators render, "Therefore shall the mean man be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and thou shalt not [or, 'canst not'] forgive them" (Rosenmüller, Lowth, Gcsenius, Knobel, Cheyne).

The transition from narrative to threatening comes best at the beginning of the verse.

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