Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 26:5-6

"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. The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy." — Isaiah 26:5-6 (ASV)

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. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

This is always God’s way, overturning the great and the proud, and casting down the mighty works of men, so that he who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, soon finds himself in a pitiful condition. All the proud, who glory in their own power, will be as when a city is battered down, and the very dust is trodden by the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

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. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

You see, there is one city which God builds, and another city which he pulls down. Observe this solemn truth: For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; – that city which is perched on the hill of self-righteousness and lifted, as it were, almost to heaven by the pride of man – God will pull it down.

It is part of God’s glory to lift up that which is down and to cast down that which is up; for when men exalt themselves, they shall be abased, and when they humble themselves, they shall be exalted. He bringeth it even to the dust.

The foot shall tread it down. Oh, if there is anyone here who is trusting in himself, depending upon his own good doings, and reckoning that he will be saved by his own merits, you will have to come down from that high place, my friend; that fine castle of yours will be left without one stone upon another, and the poorest child of God in all the world shall set his foot upon the loftiest pinnacle of your grand palace.

God will bring it down so that the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy, shall tread on it.