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Isaiah 26:5Isa.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.

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Hebrew original

Translations

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.

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    lete victory, in order that from that city the faith might spread throughout the world; according to Is. 26:5,6 : "The high city He shall lay low . . . the feet of the poor," i.e. of Christ, "shall tread it down; the steps of the needy," i.e. of the apostles Peter and Paul. Wheth…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 157 (Migne)

    tabilis, illa ineffabilis sublimitas sublimitatum, ideo humiliata et detracta est usque ad pulverem (Isa. XXVI, 5) , ideo internae pulchritudinis suae speciem per assumpti pulveris obduxit caliginem. Ideo postremo dormivit in pulvere (Job VII, 21) ; ut pulvis sanctificatus in ip…
  • Lefort

    CSCO 089 (Copt 7) — S Pachomii vita bohairice scripta (textus)

    0. o 8 : 1603, 7. xvi, 38 : 91, 25. ХҮШ, 11 Sapientia It, 3: 53, 28. Р Isaias XXVI, 4-8 : 91, 19. XXXIII, аа: хі, 31: _ 4. Lx, 8: 198, 17. ? : 180, 19. 127, 24. XLV, 9-8 : 20, 29. 216, 6; 220, ғ хуш, 19: 173, 5. ках, 6 : 49, a7. LXIV, 10 : 1, 10.…

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