Isaiah 25:12

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“The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.”

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BSBPD

“The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And the fortress of the high place of thy walls He hath bowed down--He hath made low, He hath caused <FI>it<Fi> to come to the earth, --unto dust.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 25:12 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
  2. Isaiah 14:23“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
  3. Isaiah 15:1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
  4. Isaiah 26:5For 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.
  5. Jeremiah 48:1Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
  6. Jeremiah 51:58This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
  7. 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.
  8. Ezekiel 28:17Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
  9. 2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
  10. Hebrews 11:30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
  11. Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.

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