Isaiah 26:5
Good News Translation
He has humbled those who were proud; he destroyed the strong city they lived in, and sent its walls crashing into the dust.

New Revised Standard Version
For he has brought low the inhabitants of the height; the lofty city he lays low. He lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust.

Contemporary English Version
God has put down our enemies in their mountain city and rubbed it in the dirt.

New American Bible
He humbles those who dwell on high, the lofty city he brings down, Brings it down to the ground, levels it to the dust.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.

bringeth

Isaiah 2:12 Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled.

Isaiah 13:11 And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.

Isaiah 14:13 And thou saidst in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will sit in the mountain of the covenant, in the sides of the north.

Isaiah 25:11 And he shall stretch forth his hands under him, as he that swimmeth stretcheth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down his glory with the dashing of his hands.

Job 40:11-13 Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him. . . .

the lofty

Isaiah 25:12 And the bulwarks of thy high walls shall fall, and be brought low, and shall be pulled down to the ground, even to the dust.

Isaiah 32:19 But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.

Isaiah 47:1 Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called delicate and tender.

Jeremiah 50:31,32 Behold I come against thee, O proud one, saith the Lord the God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time of thy visitation. . . .

Jeremiah 51:25,26,37,64 Behold I come against thee, thou destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which corruptest the whole earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. . . .

Revelation 18:2 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen: and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of every unclean spirit and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird:

Context
A Song of Trust in God's Provision
4You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever. 5For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.6The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.…
Cross References
Job 40:11
Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.

Psalm 79:8
Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.

Isaiah 25:2
For thou hast reduced the city to a heap, the strong city to ruin, the house of strangers, to be no city, and to be no more built up for ever.

Isaiah 25:12
And the bulwarks of thy high walls shall fall, and be brought low, and shall be pulled down to the ground, even to the dust.

Isaiah 32:19
But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.

Lamentations 2:2
Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and hath not spared, all that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong holds of the virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof.

Ezekiel 26:11
With the hoofs of his horses he shall tread down all thy streets, thy people he shall kill with the sword, and thy famous statues shall fall to the ground.

Isaiah 26:4
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