Humanity Laid Low, YHWH Highly Exalted

Last Friday I posted an encouraging text in Isaiah: 2:11-12.  It comes in the middle section of the chiastic structure of Isaiah 1-5 (A, B, C, B',A'; 1:2-31//5:1-30; 2:1-5//4:2-6; 2:6-4:1).  Here's how it looks.

A: 1:2-31 (An Indictment of Judah and Jerusalem)
     B:  2:1-5 (The Eschatological Glory of Mount Zion )
          C: 2:6-4:1 (Proud Humanity Laid Low, Holy YHWH Highly
          Exalted)
     B': 4:2-6 (The Eschatological Glory of Mount Zion)
A': 5:1-31: (An Indictment of Judah and Jerusalem)

Structurally, 2:6-4:1 is the focus or high moment of Isaiah 1-5.  What is its message?  It is this: all that is lofty and lifted up among men will be brought low, and YHWH alone, high and holy, will be exalted in that great day, the day of God, that great eschatological day so often in prophetic view in the Scriptures. 

Hasten that day of God, O Sovereign Lord Almighty!  The holy heart breaks for that day when you alone will be exalted and praised and made much of!