God Exalted Now and Destined to Be Exalted Again

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 242:2

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Another interpretation of "He is highly exalted": He was exalted and is destined to be exalted, as it is said, "for the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon all that is proud and lofty, and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, and upon all the high mountains, and upon every lofty tower, and upon all the ships of Tarshish." And it says, "and the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low" (Isaiah 2:17). And it says, "and the idols shall utterly pass away" (Isaiah 2:18).

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