OET interlinear ISA 26:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֤י

that/for/because/then/when

The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [Because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

כִּ֤י הֵשַׁח֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י מָר֔וֹם קִרְיָ֖ה נִשְׂגָּבָ֑ה יַשְׁפִּילֶ֤⁠נָּה יַשְׁפִּילָ⁠הּ֙ עַד אֶ֔רֶץ יַגִּיעֶ֖⁠נָּה עַד עָפָֽר

that/for/because/then/when brought_low inhabitants_of height city lofty he,will_bring_it_low he,will_bring_it_low until earth/land he,will_make_it_touch until dust

See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of clauses in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [For he utterly brings down the dwellers of the height, the exalted city, to the dust]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יֹשְׁבֵ֣י מָר֔וֹם קִרְיָ֖ה נִשְׂגָּבָ֑ה

inhabitants_of height city lofty

Here the singers are speaking as if the pride and security of the city’s inhabitants were a physical height and as if the city itself were exalted above attack. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the proud inhabitants of the city they thought was secure]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

קִרְיָ֖ה נִשְׂגָּבָ֑ה

city lofty

The expression the exalted city is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the city that people had exalted]