Isaiah 26:5-6

Isaiah 26:5-6. 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 trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, soon finds himself in a pitiful condition. All the proud, who glory in their own power, shall 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."