Isaiah 26:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ for he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ For He has brought down the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city; He lays it low, lays it low to the ground; He brings it even to the dust.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

Common English Bible

⁵ He has thrown down those living on high, and he will level the lofty town, leveling it down to the earth; he will bring it down to dust.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ For he will bend down those living in the heights. He will bring low the lofty city. He will lower it, even to the ground. He will tear it down, even to the dust.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ 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.

Isaiah 26:5 Cross References

Psalm 79:8

Do not remember against us the iniquities of our ancestors; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.

Isaiah 13:11

I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant and lay low the insolence of tyrants.

Isaiah 14:13

You said to yourself, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit on the mount of assembly on the heights of Zaphon;

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;

Isaiah 24:10

The city of chaos is broken down; every house is shut up so that no one can enter.

Isaiah 25:2

For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the palace of foreigners is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

Isaiah 32:19

The forest will disappear completely, and the city will be utterly laid low.

Isaiah 47:1

Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter Chaldea! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.

Jeremiah 51:37

and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, a den of jackals, an object of horror and of hissing, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 51:64

and say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disasters that I am bringing on her.’ ” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord has destroyed without mercy all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of daughter Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers.

Ezekiel 26:11

With the hoofs of his horses he shall trample all your streets. He shall put your people to the sword, and your strong pillars shall fall to the ground.

Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.

Revelation 18:2

He called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul bird, a haunt of every foul and hateful beast.