Isaiah 26:5
For he has brought down those who dwell on high. The lofty city, he lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4Trust ye in LORD forever, for in LORD, [even] LORD, is an everlasting rock.
6The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Cross References
Job 40:11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.
Isaiah 13:11And I will punish the world for the evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. And I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Isaiah 24:10The waste city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Isaiah 25:12And the high fortress of thy walls he has brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. For thou shall no more be called tender and delicate.
Jeremiah 51:25Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, says LORD, which destroys all the earth. And I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 26:2-5
The Blessings of the Gospel. ( b. c. 718.) 1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: To the prophecies of gospel grace very fitly is a song annexed, in which we… Read the whole commentary →