Isaiah 26:5
For he will bring down those who live proudly; the fortified city 1 he will lay low, he will lay low to the ground; he will level it to the dust. 1
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4Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting rock. 1
6It will be trampled down by the feet of the poor and the treading of the needy. 1
Cross References
Job 40:11Scatter around the excess of your anger; 1 look at everyone who is proud and bring him down. 1
Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. 1 I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud and will bring down the arrogance of the ruthless. 1
Isaiah 24:10The city of chaos has been broken down; every house is closed up and empty. 1
Isaiah 25:12Your high fortress walls he will bring down to the ground, to the dust.
Isaiah 47:1Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; 1 sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. 1 You will no longer be called dainty and delicate. 1
Jeremiah 51:25See, I am against you, mountain of destruction—this is Yahweh's declaration—which destroys the whole earth. 1 I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the cliffs, 1 and make you a burned-out mountain. 1
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 →