Isaiah 9:9
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All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:
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Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.