Isaiah 26:5

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.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 2:12 Parallel

Isaiah 2:12 declares the day of the Lord against the proud and lofty—the same humbling action described here.

Isaiah 13:11 says God will punish the world's pride and lay low the haughty—directly reinforcing this theme of bringing down the lofty.

Isaiah 14:13 records the king of Babylon's prideful 'I will ascend to heaven'—a prime example of the haughty brought low here.

Isaiah 25:11 depicts Moab's pride being humbled as God brings down their high-handedness—same imagery of the proud laid low.

Isaiah 25:12 speaks of God laying low Moab's high fortified walls to the dust—a specific instance of the general humbling here.

Isaiah 32:19 Related theme

Isaiah 32:19 describes hail bringing down the forest and the city laid low—another image of lofty structures humbled by God.

Isaiah 47:1 Parallel

Isaiah 47:1 calls Babylon to sit in the dust, no longer called tender and delicate—personifying the proud brought low here.

Isaiah 63:6 Parallel

In Isaiah 63:6, God brings down strength to the earth, a direct parallel to laying the lofty city low.

Jeremiah 50:31 pronounces judgment on the arrogant one (Babylon) — same theme as Isaiah 26:5 humbling the lofty city.

In Revelation 18:2, Babylon the great falls—the OT humbling of the lofty city prefigures NT judgment on spiritual Babylon.

In Jeremiah 51:64, Babylon sinks and never rises, closely matching the image of being brought down to the dust.

In Jeremiah 50:32, the proud stumbles and falls with none to raise him, mirroring God's humbling of the lofty city.

Job 40:11-13 commands God to pour out anger and humble the proud, trampling the wicked in the dust—matching this verse's action.

In Lamentations 2:2, God brings down strongholds to the ground, using the same imagery as Isaiah 26:5.

Ezekiel 17:24 echoes the same divine reversal: God brings down the high tree and exalts the low, mirroring the humbling of the lofty city.

1 Corinthians 1:27 states God chooses the weak to shame the strong, reinforcing the principle of the humble being exalted and the proud abased.

In Jeremiah 51:25, the destroying mountain is rolled down, echoing the same divine leveling of proud entities.

In Jeremiah 51:37, Babylon becomes heaps and a dwelling for dragons, analogous to the lofty city laid low.

Ezekiel 26:11 describes the trampling of Tyre's streets and pillars falling—another proud city brought low, like the lofty city here.

In Jeremiah 51:26, no stone is taken from Babylon—its desolation parallels the city brought low to dust.

In Leviticus 26:19, God breaks the pride of power, a parallel to bringing down the lofty city.