So now they will be humbled, and all will be brought low— do not forgive them.

Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. Only the Lord will be exalted on that day of judgment.

Human pride will be humbled, and human arrogance will be brought down. Only the Lord will be exalted on that day of judgment.

Hope in the Messiah

Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.

“I, the Lord, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the mighty.

He humbles the proud and brings down the arrogant city. He brings it down to the dust.

The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the Lord. The poor will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.

You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like reeds bending in the wind. You dress in burlap and cover yourselves with ashes. Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the Lord?

My hands have made both heaven and earth; they and everything in them are mine. I, the Lord, have spoken! “I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word.