Isaiah 26:5 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁵ 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.

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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.

Isaiah 26:5 Tagairtí Cros

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 levelled 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 dishonour.

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 splendour. 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.