Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The high-walled fortress will be brought down,
thrown to the ground, to the dust.

New American Standard Bible

The unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low and cast to the ground, even to the dust.

King James Version

And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

International Standard Version

He brings down the high fortifications of your walls and lays them low; he will raze them to the ground, right down to the dust.

A Conservative Version

And the high fortress of thy walls he has brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

American Standard Version

And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

Amplified


The high fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.

Bible in Basic English

And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.

Darby Translation

And the fortress of the high defences of thy walls will he bring down, lay low, bring to the ground, into the dust.

Julia Smith Translation

And the fortress of the height of thy walls shall be brought low; be humbled, be struck to the earth, even to the dust.

King James 2000

And the fortress of the high fort of your walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he will throw down the fortification of the high point of your walls; he will bring [it] low; he will {send it} to the ground, to [the] dust.

Modern King James verseion

And the fortress of the high fort of your walls He will lay low, bring to the ground, to the dust.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The stronghold also, and defense of thy walls hath he overthrown and cast down: and brought them to the ground, even into the dust.

NET Bible

The fortified city (along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

New Heart English Bible

He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

The Emphasized Bible

Yea, the lofty stronghold of thy walls, Hath he brought down - Laid low - Levelled to the ground even unto the dust.

Webster

And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls will he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

World English Bible

He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the fortress of the high place of thy walls He hath bowed down -- He hath made low, He hath caused it to come to the earth, -- unto dust.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the fortress
מבצרה מבצר 
Mibtsar 
Usage: 37

of the high fort
משׂגּב 
Misgab 
Usage: 17

of thy walls
חומה 
Chowmah 
Usage: 133

שׁחח 
Shachach 
Usage: 21

שׁפל 
Shaphel 
Usage: 31

and bring
נגע 
Naga` 
Usage: 150

to the ground
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

Death Will Be Swallowed Up

11 He will spread out his arms in the middle of it,
as a swimmer spreads out his arms to swim.
His pride will be brought low,
along with the trickery of his hands.
12 The high-walled fortress will be brought down,
thrown to the ground, to the dust.



Cross References

Isaiah 26:5

For He has humbled those who live in lofty places—
an inaccessible city.
He brings it down; He brings it down to the ground;
He throws it to the dust.

Isaiah 13:19-22

And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.

Isaiah 14:23

“I will make her a swampland and a region for screech owls, and I will sweep her away with a broom of destruction.”

This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

Isaiah 15:1

An oracle against Moab:

Ar in Moab is devastated,
destroyed in a night.
Kir in Moab is devastated,
destroyed in a night.

Jeremiah 51:58

This is what Yahweh of Hosts says:

Babylon’s thick walls will be totally demolished,
and her high gates consumed by fire.
The peoples will have labored for nothing;
the nations will exhaust themselves only to feed the fire.

Jeremiah 51:64

Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the disaster I am bringing on her. They will grow weary.’”

The words of Jeremiah end here.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5

since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments

Hebrews 11:30

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after being encircled by the Israelites for seven days.

Revelation 18:21

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying:

In this way, Babylon the great city
will be thrown down violently
and never be found again.

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