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Synonyms: humiliation, mortification, chagrin, ignominy, loss of face, shamefacedness, embarrassment, indignity, abashment, discomfort, discomfiture, discomposure, guilt, remorse, contrition, compunction, disgrace, dishonour, discredit, degradation, disrepute, ill-repute, infamy, scandal, odium, opprobrium, obloquy, condemnation, contempt, pity, misfortune, crying shame, cause for regret, source of regret, sad thing, unfortunate thing, discredit to, disgrace to, stain on, blemish on, blot on, blot on the escutcheon of, slur on, reproach to, bad reflection on, bring into disrepute, degrade, debase, defame, stigmatize, taint, sully, tarnish, besmirch, stain, blacken, drag through the mud/mire, give a bad name to, put in a bad light, humiliate, mortify, make someone feel ashamed, embarrass, abash, chasten, humble, put someone in their place, take down a peg or two, cut down to size, show up

Antonyms: honor, pride, respect, glory, praise, dignity, honor, esteem, glorification, laud, compliment, regard, credit, elevate, acclaim, pleasure, favor, kudos, recognition, flatter, admiration, greatness, happiness, self-confidence, reverence

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1. Jerusalem’s Humiliation

Lamentations 4:1-22

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... 2, it tells of Jerusalem’s faded glory and reiterates the Lord’s part, though not as sharply, in bringing about the disaster. One feature of the lament is the contrast between “then,” a time of glory, and “now,” a time of humiliation. 4:1–10 · Jerusalem’s faded glory: “How” is the recognizable introduction to a lament (1:1). Not Jerusalem only but the country’s suffering populace is the subject. Jerusalem the golden has become very tarnished. Its pride, the sanctuary, is dismantled ...

2. Nebuchadnezzar’s Humiliation

Daniel 4:28-37

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Gary M. Burge

A year later the king prides himself on his accomplishments: “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?” (4:30). Babylon was indeed a magnificent city: excellent fortifications, beautiful buildings, and hanging gardens. Its magnificence had become proverbial in a short time, and Nebuchadnezzar had been the driving force behind the rejuvenation of this old kingdom. While he had reasons to be proud, in his pride he overstepped the ...

3. Riddles and Metaphors

Ezekiel 15:1-8, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 17:1-24

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... the women of an enemy as legitimate booty (Deut. 20:14). However, the law does require their captors to treat women taken in battle with respect: they must marry them and are not to sell them as slaves (Deut. 21:10–14). Another aspect of ritual humiliation aimed at an enemy was the stripping of prisoners of war. Numerous ancient Near Eastern inscriptions and reliefs depict this practice, as do Isaiah 20:4 and 2 Samuel 10:4, as we noted above. The Hebrew term golah, meaning “exile,” is derived from the ...

4. The Paradoxical Power of Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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Maurice A. Fetty

... weakness, a sort of Achilles' heel, a dent in his shining armor that he called his "thorn in the flesh." What it was we do not know. Epilepsy perhaps, or semi-blindness, malaria, or uncontrollable stuttering. Whatever it was, it embarrassed him and brought humiliation and disgust. It made him appear weak, and he asked the Lord to remove it, but was refused. Paul says he learned that this was God's way of keeping him humble. Furthermore, Paul noted that he discovered that through his handicap, through his ...

5. Imitating Christ's Humility

Philippians 2:1-11

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... Another view is that “Jesus” has become the name that is above every name, as though the name once placarded on the cross were now the name highly exalted in heaven. But the name in view here is one that he has received in consequence of his humiliation and death; the name “Jesus” was his from his birth. Even so, the name of Jesus now has the value of “Lord”; by God’s decree it has become “the name high over all / In hell, and earth, and sky”—in these words Charles Wesley reproduces in ...

6. Job Hears the Whispers of God’s Works

Job 26:1--31:40

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Daniel J. Estes

... the fitting punishment for his sin is for his own wife to be sexually exploited by others. Job is not trying to shift the consequences of his sin onto his wife. Rather, he is so confident he is innocent of this charge that he expresses what would be the most humiliating punishment for a man in the ancient world to endure. 31:13–15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? In the treatment of his slaves, Job has gone well beyond what is required in the Mosaic law (cf. Exod. 21:1–11; Lev. 25:39 ...

7. Encouragement to Be Faithful

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... 1 Thess. 1:6; 2:14; 3:4; 2 Cor. 4:7–15; Rom. 8:17; Col. 1:24; Phil. 1:12, 29). In Paul’s understanding this suffering is closely tied to Christ’s own suffering, both the physical pain of torture and the humiliation of the shamefulness of crucifixion. Only in this context can one accurately hear the two imperatives, which are actually the two sides of a single reality. Determining a precise meaning for the expression do not be ashamed poses some difficulties. The word frequently refers to “deserved ...

8. Tell It Not in Gath!

2 Samuel 1:1-16, 1 Samuel 31:1-13

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... disaster when Israel fell before the Philistines, the ark was taken, and Eli fell over and broke his neck when he heard the horrible news (1 Sam. 4:10, 18). But there is also tragic irony here, for on three earlier occasions the verb “fall” was used for humiliating Philistine defeats (5:3–4; 14:13; 17:49, 52). Theological Insights We have pointed out the parallels between the account of Saul’s death and the story of the ark’s capture (1 Sam. 4; see the comments above on 31:1, 2, 9–10). With ...

9. A Bad Temperament Can Kill You

2 Kings 5:1-27

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Harold Warlick

... on his own terms then he would not have it at all. Better to go home and rot and still have your pride than to be humiliated and get well. Now that's a real deficiency in one's attention, isn't it? Naaman's bad temperament almost killed him. "The guy ... t it? We can resonate with that story. Many times in life, we prefer to be a non-insulted leper, in our own way, than a humiliated well person. Sometimes our own attention deficiencies get in the way of our love for life. We want to stay and fight, put up the ...

10. O Holy Night

Philippians 2:5-11

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James Merritt

... That's what Jesus did; left the penthouse and came down to the mail room that He might be our Savior. II. Christmas Is the Humiliation of a Savior Now just how low could Jesus go? Well, listen to v.8, "And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled ... you had been living in the days of Jesus there were many little boys running around with the name Jesus. Jesus is the name of humiliation. Lord is the name of exaltation. Whoever is Lord is supreme overall. You see, Jesus was born as a man, so that He could ...

11. Proper 17

Psalm 81:1-16, Hebrews 13:1-25, Jeremiah 2:1-3:5, Luke 14:1-14

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William E. Keeney

... of the Parable After observing how the guests of a leading Pharisee try to occupy the places of honor at the table, Jesus tells a parable about proper table etiquette. He says that persons who seat themselves at the places of highest honor may be embarrassed and humiliated when they are asked to move down to the lowest place of honor. On the other hand, persons are exalted when they take a place of lower honor and then are publicly invited to move up to a place of higher honor. Thesis: Those who humble ...

12. Proper 17

Lk 14:1, 7-14 · Heb 12:18-19, 22-24; 13:1-8 · Eze 18:1-9, 25-29 · Prov 25:6-22

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John R. Brokhoff

... knowing our place, accepting it, and keeping it. Be what you are! Do what you can - no more, no less. In this Lesson a subject is not to stand in the king's place as though he were king. This is pride and arrogance. If one does this, he is humiliated by being put in his proper place - a lower place. One with humility will be content to stay in his place. The need for the sermon is obvious in that many are stepping out of their places because of pride, thinking they belong on a higher place in society ...

13. Who Could Forget That?

Mark 14:32-42

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King Duncan

... ride to their baptism, ride to Easter service, ride to Christmas service, and ride to their funeral. (3) Every church has its four-wheel members. But we do not have a four-wheel Lord. He totally surrendered himself even though he would suffer inconceivable pain and humiliation. Why did he do it? How else could he communicate the love of God to us? The late Eddie Doherty, the veteran reporter for the Chicago Sun, recalled that on his wedding day he had wanted to say "I love you" to his bride. His hesitancy ...

14. Sunday Of The Passion (Palm Sunday)

Isaiah 50:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... Gospel Jesus dies as a king; in Lesson 2 he is exalted as a king; in Lesson 1 the servant is a son or king of Yahweh. To have a king suffer and die makes the story more tragic than ever. In Lesson 1 we have a picture of the humiliated servant suffering mental abuse. In Lesson 2 Jesus humbles himself to the point of death on a cross. The Gospel tells us of the crucifixion. The Prayer picks up the theme of suffering; "to suffer death on the cross." The Psalm emphasizes the one who in distress cries for ...

15. Overseers and Deacons

1 Timothy 3:1-16

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... , TCGNT, p. 641; and G. D. Fee, “The Majority Text and the Original Text of the New Testament,” esp. 117–18. The most common alternative to the view of the hymn presented here is to see it as having three sets of two lines, each alternately expressing humiliation and exaltation (or the realm of earth and heaven). The lines then form two sets of chiasmus (a b b a a b—a form of rhetoric in which the words or ideas in the second or subsequent units in otherwise parallel structures are in reverse order ...

16. Passion Sunday

Isaiah 50:1-11, Luke 22:14--23:56, Philippians 2:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... , the nails in hands and feet, the slow physical draining until exhaustion. There is this side to suffering as our text says, "I gave my back to the smiters." The rest of the verse deals with a greater suffering: shame, disgrace, humiliation mental, emotional, suffering of loneliness and abandonment. This nonphysical suffering was symbolized by the spear thrust in Jesus' side and we can suffer most deeply from the slurs, gossip, and verbal abuse of unkind people. Outline: No greater suffering than this ...

17. Proper 17

Hebrews 13:1-25, Jeremiah 2:1-3:5, Luke 14:1-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... his virtue or accomplishments but gives God the glory and praise. This saves him from pride, boasting, and a sense of superiority. b. In relation to others vv. 12-14. 1. Humility does not mean putting others down; humiliating, criticizing, disparaging others. Doing so is a form of pride. Others are humiliated to make one's self greater in one's own eyes. 2. Humility lifts others in love. It is going to the lowly, outcast, poor, underprivileged and exalting them by inviting them to dinner. It takes humility ...

18. Sunday of the Passion

Lk 22:14--23:56 · Isa 50:4-7 · Php 2:6-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... to Calvary, the nails in hands and feet, the slow physical draining until exhaustion. There is this side to suffering as our text says, "I gave my back to the smiters." The rest of the verse deals with a greater suffering: shame, disgrace, humiliation - mental, emotional, suffering of loneliness and abandonment. This nonphysical suffering was symbolized by the spear thrust in Jesus' side from which came blood and water - a broken heart. In this sermon we want to point out how Jesus and we can suffer most ...

19. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

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Phil Thrailkill

... place; they were not hypothetical but actual. If I am facing you, and if you are right handed, and if you strike me on the right cheek, it means that you did it with the back of our hand, which in that culture was an extreme insult and act of humiliation, likely done in public for maximum effect. I am attacking your character, possibly for being a follower of Jesus. And if you are higher than me in status, my social superior, what am I to do? If I do nothing, I accept your estimation of me and live with the ...

20. David the Conqueror

2 Sam 5:6-25

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... central sanctuary there. He also seeks the Lord’s guidance and experiences his supernatural intervention in battle as he defeats the Philistines. Though Saul is dead and gone, the narrator continues to make his case for David’s legitimacy. Saul led Israel to a humiliating defeat, but David reverses that disaster and turns the tables on the Philistines through the guidance and empowerment of the Lord, something that has been denied to Saul (1 Sam. 28:6). David obeys the Lord’s command (2 Sam. 5:25), in ...

21. “The Lord Is Great!”

Psalm 70:1-5

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C. Hassell Bullock

... –17), and the editor/compiler of Book 2 obviously picked up those verses intentionally because they carried the weight of his historic burdens as one era was slipping away and another was pressing into reality: urgency (40:13), shame (40:14–15), and humiliation (poor and needy, 40:17). Here we have a good illustration of how duplicate psalms adapt the same words for their distinctive settings. Outline/Structure 1. Prayer that God will hasten to save the psalmist (70:1) 2. Prayer against the psalmist’s ...

22. A Glory Revealed in the Cross

John 8:12-30

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... more time at Jesus "lifted up" on his cross, slowly dying, looking perhaps like the sad-eyed angel boy. Then the Spirit whispers to us, "Where is God? Where is He now? Here He is - He is hanging here on this cross, without beauty or attractiveness, deprived of justice, humiliated, without glory or power." It is to this cross we cling and dare not let go. For in it God reveals His heart and we behold His glory. We see that God did and still does love the world. So we sing: O sacred head, now wounded, With ...

23. Hooray for Humility!

Philippians 2:1-11

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Barbara Brokhoff

... it. JESUS’ HUMILITY IS MANIFESTED "He humbled himself and became obedient unto death." This is an important doctrinal statement concerning Jesus. William Barclay says "it is the greatest and most moving passage that Paul ever wrote about Jesus." This really is the climax of humiliation - the cross! But it started long before the cross. Christ was always doing the humble thing. He started out by God becoming man - by leaving heaven to come down to earth. He was born in a barn instead of a palace. He lived ...

24. Lent 6

Isaiah 50:1-11, Mark 15:16-20, Mark 15:21-32, Philippians 2:1-11

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Paul A. Laughlin

... Collect God of compassion and care, who chose the most subtle of ways to achieve victory over sin, thrill us again with the victory achieved in the apparent defeat of the cross; that we may learn the strength in weakness and the exaltation in humiliation that distinguish your heavenly standards and strategies from ours. In the name of the Suffering Servant, Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession O merciful God, we confess our tendency to admire the winners and victors in all areas of life, even in ...

25. Palm Sunday

Isaiah 50:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Philippians 2:1-11

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Paul A. Laughlin

... as well as the intention of Jesus behind the apparently symbolic act, the place of this event in the mind and narrative of Mark is clear: Jesus’ triumphal-but-humble procession into Jerusalem leads inevitably to the paradox of the cross, where triumph and humiliation reach their redemptive climax. Call to Worship Leader: Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in God’s name! People: HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST! FOR HIS HUMBLE APPROACH MEANS THAT A HOLY TRIUMPH IS AT HAND! Leader: Blessed is the kingdom that is ...

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