Isaiah 26:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bringeth

Job 40:11

The lofty

General references

1 Corinthians 1:27

Bible References

Bringeth

For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel.

For you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of the north.

And if he puts out his hands, like a man stretching out his hands in swimming, the Lord will make low his pride, however expert his designs.

Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.

The lofty

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

But the tall trees will come down with a great fall, and the town will be low in a low place.

Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.

See, I am against you, O pride, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, for your day has come, the time when I will send punishment on you.

See, I am against you, says the Lord, O mountain of destruction, causing the destruction of all the earth: and my hand will be stretched out on you, rolling you down from the rocks, and making you a burned mountain.

And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.

General references

But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;