For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and haughty, and upon everyone that is high and lifted up, and they shall be brought down;

And I will command evils for the whole world, and [will visit] their sins on the ungodly; and I will destroy the pride of transgressors, and will bring low the pride of the haughty.

But you have said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will set my throne above the stars of heaven; I will sit on a lofty mount, on the lofty mountains toward the north;

And He shall spread forth His hands, even as He also brings down [man] to destroy [him]; and He shall bring low his pride [regarding that] in which he has laid his hands.

[ 40:6] And send forth messengers with wrath, and lay low every haughty one.

[ 40:8] And hide them together in the earth, and fill their faces with shame.

And He shall bring down the height of the refuge of the wall, and it shall come down, even to the ground.

And if the hail should come down, it shall not come upon you; and they that dwell in the forests shall be in confidence, as those in the plain country.

Come down, sit on the ground, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called tender and luxurious.

Behold, I am against you, O haughty one, says the Lord; for your day has come, and the time of your retribution.

And your pride shall fail, and fall, and there shall be no one to set it up again. And I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all things round about her.

Behold, I am against you, the ruined mountain, that destroys the whole earth; and I will stretch out My hand upon you, and will roll you down upon the rocks, and will make you as a burnt mountain.

And they shall not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation; for you shall be a desolation forever, says the Lord.

And Babylon shall be a desolation, and shall not be inhabited.

and shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and not rise, because of the evils which I bring upon it.

And he cried out with a strong voice, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, and she has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every unclean spirit, and a cage for every unclean and detestable bird!