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15 against every tall tower,
against every fortified wall,
16 against all the ships of Tarshish,[a]
and against all the beautiful ships.[b]

17 The pride of mankind will be humbled,
and the arrogance of man will be brought low.
Then the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:16 That is, long-distance freighters
  2. Isaiah 2:16 Or precious vessels or everything that is beautiful. The Hebrew word translated beautiful ships occurs only here in the Old Testament.