Isaiah 26:5

New International Version

He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.

Cross References

Psalm 79:8

Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.

Isaiah 13:11

I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.

Isaiah 14:13

You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.

Isaiah 2:12

The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),

Isaiah 24:10

The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.

Isaiah 25:2

You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

Isaiah 32:19

Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,

Isaiah 47:1

“Go down, sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, queen city of the Babylonians. No more will you be called tender or delicate.

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.

Jeremiah 51:64

Then say, ‘So will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people will fall.’ ” The words of Jeremiah end here.

Lamentations 2:2

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of Daughter Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonor.

Ezekiel 26:11

The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets; he will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground.

Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.

Revelation 18:2

With a mighty voice he shouted: “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.