In light of the preceding verse’s emphasis on the removal of shame and pride from the remnant, the term humble
here describes not so much a social status as a moral attribute. The remnant know their own beggarliness,
1 seeing themselves as no better than a heap of chaff ready to be burned by the anger of the Lord (Zephaniah 2:2).2
12 But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD,