Catholic Public Domain Version
"For he will bend down those living in the heights. He will bring low the lofty city. He will lower it, even to the ground. He will tear it down, even to the dust. "
— Isaiah 26:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“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. ”
“For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.”
“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.”
“For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.”
“For he has made low those who are lifted up, all the people of the town of pride: he makes it low, crushing it down to the earth; he makes it low in the dust.”
“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.”
Open the gates, and let the just people who guard the truth enter.
The old error has gone away. You will serve peace: peace, for we have hoped in you.
You have trusted in the Lord for all eternity, in the Lord God almighty forever.
For he will bend down those living in the heights. He will bring low the lofty city. He will lower it, even to the ground. He will tear it down, even to the dust.
The foot will tread it down: the feet of the poor, the steps of the indigent.
The path of the just is upright; the difficult path of the just is right to walk in.
And in the path of your judgments, O Lord, we have endured for you. Your name and your remembrance are the desire of the soul.