Isaiah 2:15
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New International Version (©2011)
for every lofty tower and every fortified wall,

New Living Translation (©2007)
He will break down every high tower and every fortified wall.

English Standard Version (©2001)
against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,

International Standard Version (©2012)
against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;

NET Bible (©2006)
for every high tower, for every fortified wall,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
against every high tower and every fortified wall,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall,

American King James Version
And on every high tower, and on every fenced wall,

American Standard Version
and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And upon every high tower, and every fenced wall.

Darby Bible Translation
and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;

English Revised Version
and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fenced wall;

Webster's Bible Translation
And upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall,

World English Bible
For every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,

Young's Literal Translation
And for every high tower, And for every fenced wall,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:10-22 The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems first meant here, when idolatry among the Jews was done away; but our thoughts are led forward to the destruction of all the enemies of Christ. It is folly for those who are pursued by the wrath of God, to think to hide or shelter themselves from it. The shaking of the earth will be terrible to those who set their affections on things of the earth. Men's haughtiness will be brought down, either by the grace of God convincing them of the evil of pride, or by the providence of God depriving them of all the things they were proud of. The day of the Lord shall be upon those things in which they put their confidence. Those who will not be reasoned out of their sins, sooner or later shall be frightened out of them. Covetous men make money their god; but the time will come when they will feel it as much their burden. This whole passage may be applied to the case of an awakened sinner, ready to leave all that his soul may be saved. The Jews were prone to rely on their heathen neighbours; but they are here called upon to cease from depending on mortal man. We are all prone to the same sin. Then let not man be your fear, let not him be your hope; but let your hope be in the Lord your God. Let us make this our great concern.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 15. - Upon every high tower. Uzziah and. Jotham had, both of them, paid much attention to fortifications, and had especially "built towers," both at Jerusalem and in other parts of Judaea (2 Chronicles 26:9, 10; 2 Chronicles 27:4). Isaiah means to pour contempt on these indications of "trust in an arm of flesh," and to say that they will be of no avail when the time of calamity arrives. Every fenced wall. "On the wall of Ophel" Jotham had "built much" (2 Chronicles 27:3). Hosea (Hosea 8:14) and Micah (Micah 4:11) also notice the trust of Judah in her fortresses, and threaten their destruction.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall. Which may signify everything that serves to support and defend the antichristian hierarchy, particularly the secular powers. The Targum paraphrases it,

"and upon all that dwell in a high tower, and upon all that reside by a fortified wall.''

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

15. tower … wall—Towers were often made on the walls of cities.

fenced—strongly fortified.

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The Day of the Reckoning
…14And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills that are lifted up, 15And on every high tower, and on every fenced wall, 16And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all pleasant pictures. …

Isaiah 25:11 They will stretch out their hands in it, as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim. God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands.
Isaiah 25:12 He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.