Isaiah 26:5

Isa 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.

Ver. 5. For he bringeth down those that dwell on high. ] Even all adverse power, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God. 2Co 10:5

The lofty city he layeth it low. ] This Museulus understands of Babylon, that towering city; as also of Rome, that spiritual Babylon, to which it was long since said -

“ Versa eris in cineres quasi nunquam Roma fuisses. ”