Isaiah 25:12

12 He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.

Isaiah 25:12 in Other Translations

12 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.

12 And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down, lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.

12 The high walls of Moab will be demolished. They will be brought down to the ground, down into the dust.

12 Their famous fortifications will crumble to nothing, those mighty walls reduced to dust.

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

12 He will bring down Moab's high fortified walls, level them, and throw them into the dust on the ground.

12 The high-walled fortress will be brought down, thrown to the ground, to the dust.

12 He will pull down their high, strong walls. He will bring them down to the ground. He'll bring them right down to the dust.

Isaiah 25:12 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 25:12

And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he
bring down
That is, their high and, fenced walls, which were about their cities, the fortifications of them; these should be destroyed by the Lord, be battered and brought down, not being able to stand against his mighty power. The Targum renders it,

``the mighty city, the cities of the nations;''

and may design the city of Rome, and the cities of the nations that shall fall at the pouring out of the seventh and last vial, ( Revelation 16:19 ) it follows, lay low, [and] bring to the ground, [even] to the dust;
which variety of words without any copulative are used to express the sudden, quick, certain, and irrecoverable destruction of such fortified city, or cities, and their fortifications.

Isaiah 25:12 In-Context

10 The hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain; but Moab will be trampled in their land as straw is trampled down in the manure.

11 They will stretch out their hands in it, as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim. God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands.

12 He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 2:15
• 2. S Job 40:11; S Isaiah 15:1; S Jeremiah 51:44