Isaiah 47

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:10

10. wickedness—as in :-, the cruelty with which Babylon treated its subject states. None seeth me— (Psalms 10:11; Psalms 94:7). "There is none to exact punishment from me." Sinners are not safe, though seeming secret. Thy wisdom—astrological and political (Isaiah 19:11, &c., as to Egypt). perverted—turns thee aside from the right and safe path. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:11

11. from whence it riseth—Hebrew, "the dawn thereof," that is, its first rising. Evil shall come on thee without the least previous intimation [ROSENMULLER]. But dawn is not applied to "evil," but to prosperity shining out after misery ( :-). Translate, "Thou shall not see any dawn" (of alleviation) [MAURER]. put . . . off—rather, as Margin, "remove by expiation"; it shall be never ending. not know—unawares: which thou dost not apprehend. Proving the fallacy of thy divinations and astrology... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:12

12. Stand—forth: a scornful challenge to Babylon's magicians to show whether they can defend their city. laboured—The devil's service is a laborious yet fruitless one ( :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:13

13. wearied—(compare Isaiah 57:10; Ezekiel 24:12). astrologers—literally, those who form combinations of the heavens; who watch conjunctions and oppositions of the stars. "Casters of the configurations of the sky" [HORSLEY]. GESENIUS explains it: the dividers of the heavens. In casting a nativity they observed four signs:—the horoscope, or sign which arose at the time one was born; the mid-heaven; the sign opposite the horoscope towards the west; and the hypogee. monthly prognosticators—those... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:14

14. (Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 30:30). not . . . a coal—Like stubble, they shall burn to a dead ash, without leaving a live coal or cinder (compare Isaiah 30:14), so utterly shall they be destroyed. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:15

15. Thus, c.—Such shall be the fate of those astrologers who cost thee such an amount of trouble and money. thy merchants, from thy youth—that is, with whom thou hast trafficked from thy earliest history, the foreigners sojourning in Babylon for the sake of commerce (Isaiah 13:14 Jeremiah 51:6; Jeremiah 51:9; Nahum 3:16; Nahum 3:17) [BARNES]. Rather, the astrologers, with whom Babylon had so many dealings (Isaiah 47:12-14) [HORSLEY]. to his quarter—literally, "straight before him" (Ezekiel 1:9;... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 47

The nation to be judged ch. 47This section of Isaiah on "The Lord’s redemption of His servant [Israel]" (Isaiah 44:23 to Isaiah 47:15) has so far included: an announcement of redemption (Isaiah 44:23-28), the identification of the instrument of redemption-Cyrus (Isaiah 45:1-13), and a reminder of the uniqueness of the God of redemption (Isaiah 45:14 to Isaiah 46:13). It now concludes, by depicting Babylon-the nation from which the Lord would redeem His people from captivity-as a proud woman... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 47:1

God depicted Babylon here as a rather prissy virgin. The city, representing the kingdom of Babylon, had, like a virgin, thus far not experienced the breaching of her walls by invaders. The Lord summoned her to sit on the ground, rather than on the throne that she intended to occupy. Sitting in the dust was an act that depicted great mourning (cf. Jonah 3:6). She thought that she would be a queen, but in reality she would become a common, even a humiliated, beggar. Other peoples had regarded her... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 47:1-4

A call to Babylon 47:1-4The first four verses constitute the introduction to the oracle. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 47:2

Babylon would need to do servile work, grinding meal by rotating a millstone (cf. Exodus 11:5; Job 31:10; Matthew 24:41). She should remove her veil, which she, as an upper-class lady, had worn previously to hide her beauty from commoners. Removing her veil would disgrace her. She should also take off her long skirt and uncover her legs, so she could work in the fields, and wade through the irrigation ditches of the rivers. She would become not only a beggar (Isaiah 47:1), but a servant. read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:12

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 47

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 47:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 47:1-4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 47:2

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