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Isaiah 26:5

For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
הֵשַׁח֙he.Shachhe will lay lowH7817 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427 →
מָר֔וֹםma.Roma high placeH4791 →
קִרְיָ֖הkir.Yaha townH7151 →
נִשְׂגָּבָ֑הnis.ga.Vahset on highH7682 →
יַשְׁפִּילֶ֤נָּהyash.pi.Le.nahhe will bring low itH8213 →
יַשְׁפִּילָהּ֙yash.pi.Lahhe will bring low itH8213 →
עַד־'ad-toH5704 →
אֶ֔רֶץ'E.retz[the] groundH776 →
יַגִּיעֶ֖נָּהya.gi.'E.nahhe will make touch itH5060 →
עַד־'ad-toH5704 →
עָפָֽר׃'a.Far[the] dustH6083 →

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Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.Job 40:11–13Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.Jeremiah 51:25–26“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.Jeremiah 51:64Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.Ezekiel 26:11The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.Ezekiel 17:24Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”Isaiah 25:11–12He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.Isaiah 14:13You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—Jeremiah 50:31–32“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.Isaiah 32:19But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.Lamentations 2:2Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.Isaiah 25:12The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.Leviticus 26:19I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

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