# Isaiah 2.16

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**Book:** [Isaiah](/codex/isaiah-the-prophet/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> "14. and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15. and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,"
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> **"16. and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery."**
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> "17. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. 18. And the idols shall utterly pass away." (Isaiah 2:14-18, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> "14. For all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up, 15. For every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,"
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> **"16. For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery."**
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> "17. The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day. 18. The idols shall utterly pass away." (Isaiah 2:14-18, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> "14. And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15. And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,"
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> **"16. And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. <sup>pleasant: Heb. pictures of desire</sup>"**
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> "17. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 18. And the idols he shall utterly abolish. <sup>he: or, shall utterly pass away</sup>" (Isaiah 2:14-18, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> "14. And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights, 15. And for every high tower, And for every fenced wall,"
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> **"16. And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures."**
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> "17. And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day. 18. And the idols, they completely pass away." (Isaiah 2:14-18, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

- [Deuteronomy 28-68 Slave Trade Prophecy Objection Defeater](/codex/deuteronomy-28-68-slave-trade-prophecy-objection-defeater/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.