Isaiah 26:5
For He hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city, laying it low, laying it low even to the ground, bringing it even to the dust.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
4Trust ye in the LORD for ever, for the LORD is GOD, an everlasting Rock.
6The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Cross References
Job 40:11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
Isaiah 13:11And I will visit upon the world their evil, and upon the wicked their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the tyrants.
Isaiah 24:10Broken down is the city of wasteness; every house is shut up, that none may come in.
Isaiah 25:12And the high fortress of thy walls will He bring down, lay low, and bring 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 shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Jeremiah 51:25Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest 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 →