Isaiah 26:6 (BSB)

Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.

From Isaiah 26. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Isaiah 26:6

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Isaiah 26:5-11: Here the prophet further encourages us to trust in the Lord for ever, and to continue waiting on him; for, I. He will make humble souls that trust in him to triumph over their proud enemies, Isa 26:5, Isa 26:6. Those that exalt themselves shall be abased: For he brings down those that dwell on high; and wherein they deal proudly he is, and will be, above them.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Isaiah 26:6: The foot shall tread it down,.... Trample upon it when brought down, laid low, and level with the ground, as mire is trodden in the streets, and straw for the dunghill; as grapes in the winepress, or grass by the feet of cattle: not the foot of a prince, as Aben Ezra observes, or of mighty men; but, as follows, even the feet of the...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Isaiah 26:6: poor-- (Isa 25:4), the once afflicted Jewish captives. "Foot shall tread," is figurative for exulting in the fall of God's enemies (Rev 18:20).
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Isaiah 26:6: The foot shall tread it down, [even] the feet of the poor, [and] the steps of the needy. (f) God will set the poor afflicted over the power of the wicked.