Isaiah 26:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Indeed, the LORD knocks down those who live in a high place, he brings down an elevated town; he brings it down to the ground, he throws it down to the dust.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 40:11-13 : 11 Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; 12 Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! 13 Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.
  • Isa 2:12 : 12 Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated;
  • Isa 13:11 : 11 I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin. I will put an end to the pride of the insolent, I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.
  • Isa 14:13 : 13 You said to yourself,“I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon.
  • Isa 25:11-12 : 11 Moab will spread out its hands in the middle of it, just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim; the LORD will bring down Moab’s pride as it spreads its hands. 12 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.
  • Isa 32:19 : 19 Even if the forest is destroyed and the city is annihilated,
  • Isa 47:1 : 1 Babylon Will Fall“Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.
  • Jer 50:31-32 : 31 “Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“Indeed, your day of reckoning has come, the time when I will punish you. 32 You will stumble and fall, you proud city; no one will help you get up. I will set fire to your towns; it will burn up everything that surrounds you.”
  • Jer 51:25-26 : 25 The LORD says,“Beware! I am opposed to you, Babylon! You are like a destructive mountain that destroys all the earth. I will unleash my power against you; I will roll you off the cliffs and make you like a burned-out mountain. 26 No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever,” says the LORD.
  • Jer 51:37 : 37 Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives.
  • Jer 51:64 : 64 Then say,‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the disaster I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.’”The prophecies of Jeremiah end here.
  • Rev 18:2 : 2 He shouted with a powerful voice:“Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.

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    12The 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.

  • Isa 26:6
    81%

    6It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”

  • Isa 5:15
    79%

    15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

  • Ps 147:6
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    6The LORD lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground.

  • Isa 2:11-12
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    11Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

    12Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated;

  • Isa 2:17-18
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    17Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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  • Job 40:11-12
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    76%

    11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;

    12Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

  • 1 Sam 2:6-8
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    6The LORD both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

    7The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

    8He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes– he bestows on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD– he placed the world on them.

  • Obad 1:3-4
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    3Your presumptuous heart has deceived you– you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself,‘No one can bring me down to the ground!’

    4Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!” says the LORD.

  • Job 5:11
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    11he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.

  • Ps 113:6-7
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    6He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

    7He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

  • Ezek 26:20
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    20then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the Pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living.

  • Mic 1:3-4
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    3Look, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!

    4The mountains will crumble beneath him; and the valleys will split apart, like wax before a fire, like water dumped down a steep slope.

  • Isa 25:5
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    5like heat in a dry land, you humble the boasting foreigners. Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside, so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the LORD is exalted, he looks after the lowly, and humbles the proud from far away.

  • Isa 32:19
    73%

    19Even if the forest is destroyed and the city is annihilated,

  • Isa 40:23
    73%

    23He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22A wise man went up against the city of the mighty and brought down the stronghold in which they trust.

  • Jer 49:16
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    16The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there,” says the LORD.

  • Ps 10:10
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    10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

  • Isa 14:15
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    15But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the Pit.

  • Luke 1:52
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    52He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;

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    33Look, the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

  • Isa 25:2
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    2Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city, it will never be rebuilt.

  • 2 Sam 22:28
    72%

    28You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.

  • Mic 3:12
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    12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!

  • Prov 29:23
    71%

    23A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

  • Lam 2:2
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  • Job 12:19
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    19He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.

  • Ezek 26:11-12
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    11With his horses’ hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.

    12They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw into the water.

  • Isa 29:4
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    4You will fall; while lying on the ground you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation.

  • Isa 28:2
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    2Look, the Lord sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.

  • Ps 18:27
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    27For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.

  • Isa 33:5
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    5The LORD is exalted, indeed, he lives in heaven; he fills Zion with justice and fairness.

  • Isa 23:9
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    9The LORD of Heaven’s Armies planned it– to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

  • Job 22:29
    70%

    29When people are brought low and you say‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;

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    26this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Tear off the turban, take off the crown! Things must change! Exalt the lowly, bring down the proud!

  • Isa 51:23
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    23I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you,‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”

  • Jer 50:32
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    32You will stumble and fall, you proud city; no one will help you get up. I will set fire to your towns; it will burn up everything that surrounds you.”

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    4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.

  • Job 15:28
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    28he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.