Bible Commentaries
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isaiah 47
Introduction
| 1 | God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea, |
| 6 | for their unmercifulness, |
| 7 | pride, |
| 10 | and overboldness, |
| 11 | shall be irresistible. |
Verse 1
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
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- down
- 3:26, 26:5, 52:2, Job 2:8,13, Psalms 18:27, Jeremiah 13:18, 48:18, Lamentations 2:10,21, Ezekiel 26:16, 28:17, Obadiah 1:3,4, Jonah 3:6
- O virgin
- 37:22, Jeremiah 46:11
- daughter
- Psalms 137:8, Jeremiah 50:42, 51:33, Zechariah 2:7
- there is
- 14:13,14, Psalms 89:44, Haggai 2:22
- thou shalt
- 7-9, 32:9-11, Deuteronomy 28:56,57, Lamentations 4:5, Revelation 18:7
Verse 2
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
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- the millstones
- Exodus 11:5, Judges 16:21, Job 31:10, Jeremiah 27:7, Lamentations 5:13, Matthew 24:41, Luke 17:35
- make bare
- 3:17, 20:4, Jeremiah 13:22,26, Ezekiel 16:37-39, Hosea 2:3, Micah 1:11, Nahum 3:5,6
Verse 3
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
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- I will take
- 34:1-8, 59:17,18, 63:4-6, Deuteronomy 32:35,41-43, Psalms 94:1,2, 137:8,9, Jeremiah 13:22,26, 50:27,28, 51:4,11,20-24,34-36,56, Romans 12:19, Hebrews 10:30,31, Nahum 3:5, Revelation 6:9,10, 16:19, 18:5-8,20
Verse 4
As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
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- our redeemer
- 41:14, 43:3,14, 44:6, 49:26, 54:5, Jeremiah 31:11, 50:33,34
Verse 5
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
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- silent
- 13:20, 14:23, 1 Samuel 2:9, Psalms 31:17, 46:10, Jeremiah 25:10, Lamentations 1:1, Habakkuk 2:20, Zechariah 2:13, Matthew 22:12,13, Jude 1:13, Revelation 18:21-24
- for
- After Babylon was taken by Cyrus, instead of being "the lady of kingdoms," the metropolis of a great empire, and mistress of all the East, it became subject to the Persians; and the imperial seat being removed to Susa, instead of having a king, it had only a deputy residing there, who governed it as a province of the Persian empire.
- 7, 13:19, 14:4, Daniel 2:37,38, Revelation 17:3-5,18, 18:7,16-19
Verse 6
I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
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- wroth
- 10:6, 42:24,25, 2 Samuel 24:14, 2 Chronicles 28:9, Psalms 69:26, Zechariah 1:15
- I have polluted
- 43:28, Lamentations 2:2, Ezekiel 24:21, 28:16
- thou didst
- 13:16, 14:17, Obadiah 1:10,16, Matthew 7:2, James 2:13
- upon
- Deuteronomy 28:50
Verse 7
And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
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- thou saidst
- 5, Ezekiel 28:2,12-14, 29:3, Daniel 4:29, 5:18-23
- so that
- 46:8,9, Deuteronomy 32:29, Jeremiah 5:31, Ezekiel 7:3-9
Verse 8
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
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- given
- 21:4,5, 22:12,13, 32:9, Judges 18:7,27, Jeremiah 50:11, Daniel 5:1-4,30, Zephaniah 2:15, Revelation 18:3-8
- I am
- 10, Jeremiah 50:31,32, 51:53, Daniel 4:22,30, 5:23, 11:36, Habakkuk 2:5-8, 2 Thessalonians 2:4
- I shall not
- Psalms 10:5,6, Nahum 1:10, Luke 12:18-20, 17:27-29, Revelation 18:7
Verse 9
But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
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- these two
- 51:18,19, Ruth 1:5,20, Luke 7:12,13
- in a moment
- 13:19, Psalms 73:19, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Revelation 18:8-10
- they shall come
- 13:20-22, 14:22,23, Jeremiah 51:29,62-64, Revelation 18:21-23
- for the multitude
- 12,13, Daniel 2:2, 4:7, 5:7, Nahum 3:4, 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10, Revelation 9:20,21, 18:23, Revelation 21:8, 22:15
Verse 10
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
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- thou hast trusted
- 28:15, 59:4, Psalms 52:7, 62:9
- thou hast said
- 29:15, Job 22:13,14, Psalms 10:11, 64:5, 94:7-9, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Jeremiah 23:24, Ezekiel 8:12, 9:9
- Thy wisdom
- 5:21, Ezekiel 28:2-6, Romans 1:22, 1 Corinthians 1:19-21, 3:19
- perverted thee
- or, caused thee to turn away. I am.
Verse 11
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
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- thou shalt not know
- 37:36, Exodus 12:29,30, Nehemiah 4:11, Revelation 3:3
- from whence it riseth
- Heb. the morning thereof. thou shalt not be.
- Psalms 50:22, Jeremiah 51:39-42, Daniel 5:25-30, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Revelation 18:9,10
- put it off
- Heb. expiate.
- Matthew 18:34, Luke 12:59
Verse 12
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
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- 9,10, 8:19, 19:3, 44:25, Exodus 7:11, 8:7,18,19, 9:11, Jeremiah 2:28, Daniel 5:7-9, Nahum 3:4, Acts 13:8-12, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, Revelation 17:4-6
Verse 13
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
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- wearied
- 57:10, Ezekiel 24:12, Habakkuk 2:13
- Let now
- 44:25, Daniel 2:2-10, 5:7,8,15,16,30
- astrologers, the stargazers
- Heb. viewers of the heavens. the monthly prognosticators. Heb. that gave knowledge concerning the months.
Verse 14
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
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- they shall
- 40:24, 41:2, Ezekiel 15:7, Psalms 83:13-15, Joel 2:5, Obadiah 1:18, Nahum 1:10, Malachi 4:1
- themselves Heb
- their souls.
- Matthew 10:28, 16:26
- there shall
- 30:14, Jeremiah 51:25,26, Revelation 18:21
Verse 15
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
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- thy merchants
- 56:11, Ezekiel 27:12-25, Revelation 18:11-19
- they shall
- Babylon was replenished from all nations, by a concourse of people, whom Jeremiah (ch. 50:37) calls "the mingled people." All these, at the approach of Cyrus, sought to escape to their several countries.
- Jeremiah 51:6-9, Revelation 18:15-17
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