Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 26:5

"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." — Isaiah 26:5 (ASV)

The lofty city, he layeth it low;

No one can lay God's city low, but God can lay the lofty city low.

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He lays it low, even to the ground; He brings it even to the dust. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. The way of the just is uprightness: You, most upright, weigh the path of the just.

God "weighs the path of the just" in scales. We read elsewhere that God weighs the spirits and weighs our actions; here we are told that He "weighs the path of the just."

Those words, which were used by the prophet when he went to Hezekiah and said, What have they seen in your house? would serve for a very striking text. But it is still more important to consider what God has seen in our house and in our hearts, for God weighs our actions. He weighs our private thoughts and our public deeds. He "weighs the path of the just."

But, according to the prophet, "the way of the just is uprightness," even after it is weighed. Nevertheless, despite all the sin that is mixed with it, in the main it is "uprightness" ascending towards God.