11 They will stretch out their hands in it,
    as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down(A) their pride(B)
    despite the cleverness[a] of their hands.
12 He will bring down your high fortified walls(C)
    and lay them low;(D)
he will bring them down to the ground,
    to the very dust.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 25:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

11 And He will spread out His hands in their midst
As a swimmer reaches out to swim,
And He will bring down their (A)pride
Together with the trickery of their hands.
12 The (B)fortress of the high fort of your walls
He will bring down, lay low,
And bring to the ground, down to the dust.

Read full chapter