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Selected Verse: Isaiah 26:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 26:5 |
Strong Concordance |
For he bringeth down [07817] them that dwell [03427] on high [04791]; the lofty [07682] city [07151], he layeth it low [08213]; he layeth it low [08213], even to the ground [0776]; he bringeth [05060] it even to the dust [06083]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| lofty city--Babylon; representative of the stronghold of the foes of God's people in all ages (Isa 25:2, Isa 25:12; Isa 13:14). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The lofty city, he layeth it low - The city of Babylon (see the note at Isa 25:12; compare Isa. 13, note; Isa 14:1, note) |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| He has already proved Himself to be such a rock, on which everything breaks that would attack the faithful whom He surrounds. "For He hath bent down them that dwell on high; the towering castle, He tore it down, tore it down to the earth, cast it into dust. The foot treads it to pieces, feet of the poor, steps of the lowly." Passing beyond the fall of Moab, the fall of the imperial city is celebrated, to which Moab was only an annex (Isa 25:1-2; Isa 24:10-12). The futures are determined by the preterite; and the anadiplosis, which in other instances (e.g., Isa 25:1, cf., Psa 118:11) links together derivatives or variations of form, is satisfied in this instance with changing the forms of the suffix. The second thought of Isa 26:6 is a more emphatic repetition of the first: it is trodden down; the oppression of those who have been hitherto oppressed is trodden down. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| On high - He speaks not so much of height of place, as of dignity and power, in which sense also he mentions the lofty city in the next clause. Lofty city - Which may be understood either of proud Babylon, or of all the strong and stately cities of God's enemies. |
14 And it shall be as the chased [05080] roe [06643], and as a sheep [06629] that no man taketh up [06908]: they shall every man [0376] turn [06437] to his own people [05971], and flee [05127] every one [0376] into his own land [0776].
12 And the fortress [04013] of the high fort [04869] of thy walls [02346] shall he bring down [07817], lay low [08213], and bring [05060] to the ground [0776], even to the dust [06083].
2 For thou hast made [07760] of a city [05892] an heap [01530]; of a defenced [01219] city [07151] a ruin [04654]: a palace [0759] of strangers [02114] to be no city [05892]; it shall never [05769] be built [01129].
1 For the LORD [03068] will have mercy [07355] on Jacob [03290], and will yet choose [0977] Israel [03478], and set [03240] them in their own land [0127]: and the strangers [01616] shall be joined [03867] with them, and they shall cleave [05596] to the house [01004] of Jacob [03290].
12 And the fortress [04013] of the high fort [04869] of thy walls [02346] shall he bring down [07817], lay low [08213], and bring [05060] to the ground [0776], even to the dust [06083].
6 The foot [07272] shall tread it down [07429], even the feet [07272] of the poor [06041], and the steps [06471] of the needy [01800].
11 They compassed me about [05437]; yea, they compassed me about [05437]: but in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] I will destroy [04135] them.
1 O LORD [03068], thou art my God [0430]; I will exalt [07311] thee, I will praise [03034] thy name [08034]; for thou hast done [06213] wonderful [06382] things; thy counsels [06098] of old [07350] are faithfulness [0530] and truth [0544].
10 The city [07151] of confusion [08414] is broken down [07665]: every house [01004] is shut up [05462], that no man may come in [0935].
11 There is a crying [06682] for wine [03196] in the streets [02351]; all joy [08057] is darkened [06150], the mirth [04885] of the land [0776] is gone [01540].
12 In the city [05892] is left [07604] desolation [08047], and the gate [08179] is smitten [03807] with destruction [07591].
1 O LORD [03068], thou art my God [0430]; I will exalt [07311] thee, I will praise [03034] thy name [08034]; for thou hast done [06213] wonderful [06382] things; thy counsels [06098] of old [07350] are faithfulness [0530] and truth [0544].
2 For thou hast made [07760] of a city [05892] an heap [01530]; of a defenced [01219] city [07151] a ruin [04654]: a palace [0759] of strangers [02114] to be no city [05892]; it shall never [05769] be built [01129].