And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible—the explicit connection between punishment and moral desert, with arrogance and haughtiness identified as the specific vices being judged. The targeting of the proud and terrible suggests that judgment is directed particularly against those who have exalted themselves through violence and pride. This verse establishes that divine judgment is directed against specific moral failures.

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