Ésaïe 26:5

Darby's French Translation

Car il abat ceux qui habitent en haut; il abaisse la ville haut élevée, il l'abaisse jusqu'en terre, il la fait descendre jusque dans la poussière:

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Car il abaissera ceux qui habitent aux lieux haut élevés, il renversera la ville de haute retraite, il la renversera jusqu'en terre, il la réduira jusqu'à la poussière.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Car il a fait descendre ceux qui habitaient sur la hauteur; il abaisse la ville élevée, il l'abaisse jusqu'en terre, il la fait descendre jusqu'à la poussière;

Louis Segond (1910)
Il a renversé ceux qui habitaient les hauteurs, Il a abaissé la ville superbe; Il l'a abaissée jusqu'à terre, Il lui a fait toucher la poussière.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bringeth: Isaiah 2:12, Isaiah 13:11, Isaiah 14:13, Isaiah 25:11, Job 40:11-13

the lofty: Isaiah 25:12, Isaiah 32:19, Isaiah 47:1, Jeremiah 50:31, Jeremiah 50:32, Jeremiah 51:25, Jeremiah 51:26, Jeremiah 51:37, Jeremiah 51:64, Revelation 18:2

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:19 - will break Joshua 10:24 - put your feet Isaiah 63:6 - I will bring Lamentations 2:2 - brought them down to Ezekiel 17:24 - have brought Ezekiel 26:11 - thy Micah 7:10 - now 1 Corinthians 1:27 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he bringeth down them that dwell on high, the lofty city,.... That dwell on high in the high city, so the accents require the words to be rendered; and accordingly the Targum is,

"for he will bring low the inhabitants of the high and strong city;''

such that dwell in a city built on high, and in the high towers and palaces of it; or that sit on high thrones, are spiritual wickednesses in high places, and are of proud and haughty dispositions and conduct; as the pope of Rome and his cardinals, c. for not the city of Jerusalem is here meant, as Jerom thinks, whose destruction he supposes is foretold, as both by the Babylonians and Romans; and therefore, he observes, the word is doubled in the next clause; nor the city of Nineveh; nor Babylon, literally taken; but mystical Babylon is here meant. Jarchi interprets them that dwell on high of Tyre and Greece; but Jerom says, the Jews understand by the lofty city the city of Rome; and this seems to be the true sense; a city built upon seven hills or mountains; a city that has ruled over the kings of the earth, and whose present inhabitants are proud and haughty:

he layeth it low: he layeth it low, [even] to the ground; he bringeth it [even] to the dust; all which expressions denote the utter destruction of it; see Isaiah 25:12.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The lofty city, he layeth it low - The city of Babylon (see the note at Isaiah 25:12; compare Isaiah 13:0, note; Isaiah 14:1, note)