Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 26:5

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.

Heb. he hath brought down, which yet may be put for the future, he will bring down, &c. You may trust him; for he can and doth raise some, and throw down others, according to his own good pleasure.

He speaks not so much of heighth of Place, as of Dignity and Power; in which sence also he mentions the lofty city in the next Clause.

Which may be understood either of proud Babylon; or, collectively, of all the strong and stately Cities of God's Enemies.

Marginal references: Chap. 25. 12. & 32. 19.