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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:9

But these two things shall come to thee in a moment on one day ,.... Suddenly, at once, at one and the same time. The destruction of Babylon was very sudden; the city was taken by surprise, before the inhabitants were aware of it, while the king and his nobles were regaling themselves at a feast; that very night Belshazzar was slain, and Darius the Mede took the kingdom, Daniel 5:30 and so those two things she boasted of would never be her lot came upon her together and at once: "the loss... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:10

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness ,.... In wealth and power wickedly obtained; in political schemes wickedly contrived; in her ambition and pride, tyranny and cruelty; and especially in her wicked arts of astrology, divination, and magic: thou hast said, none seeth me ; lay her schemes of policy, which she thought so deeply laid, as not to be discovered; perform her magic arts, which were secretly done, and other her wicked actions done in the dark; but nothing can be hid from the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:11

Therefore shall evil come upon thee ,.... The evil of punishment, a great calamity; so Nebuchadnezzar foretold, as Abydenus relates F15 Ib. c. 41. p. 456. , that συμφορη , a calamity, should come upon the Babylonians; a day of evil, because of the above sins Babylon was guilty of: thou shall not know from whence it riseth ; from what quarter it will come, little dreaming of Cyrus, with whom the Chaldeans had had no quarrel. So mystical Babylon will not know from whence her ruin... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:12

Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries ,.... An ironic expression, deriding those evil arts, bidding defiance to them, calling upon the masters of them to do their utmost by them: wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth ; from the infancy of their state; as soon as their monarchy was founded, or they became a people, they were given to these practices, and were famous for them; and in which, no doubt, many among them were brought up from their youth;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:13

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels ,.... Taken of astrologers, diviners, and soothsayers; who were never able to give any satisfactory answers to questions put to them, or to give good advice in cases of emergency; as appears from Nebuchadnezzar's consultation with them about his dream; and Belshazzar's about the handwriting upon the wall, which was the very night that the city was taken, Daniel 2:2 , let now the astrologers ; or, "viewers of the heavens" F19 הוברי ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 47:1

Come down, and set in the dust "Descend, and sit on the dust" - See note on Isaiah 3:26 , and on Isaiah 52:2 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 47:2

Take the millstones, and grind meal "Take the mill, and grind corn" - It was the work of slaves to grind the corn. They used hand-mills: water-mills were not invented till a little before the time of Augustus, (see the Greek epigram of Antipater, which seems to celebrate it as a new invention, Anthol. Cephalae, 653); wind-mills, not until long after. It was not only the work of slaves, but the hardest work; and often inflicted upon them as a severe punishment: - Molendum in pistrino;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 47:3

I will not meet thee as a man "Neither will I suffer man to intercede with me" - The verb should be pointed, or written, אפגיע aphgia , in Hiphil. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 47:4

Our Redeemer "Our Avenger" - Here a chorus breaks in upon the midst of the subject, with a change of construction, as well as sentiment, from the longer to the shorter kind of verse, for one distich only; after which the former subject and style are resumed. See note on Isaiah 45:16 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 47:6

I was wroth with my people - God, in the course of his providence, makes use of great conquerors and tyrants as his instruments to execute his judgments in the earth; he employs one wicked nation to scourge another. The inflicter of the punishment may perhaps be as culpable as the sufferer; and may add to his guilt by indulging his cruelty in executing God's justice. When he has fulfilled the work to which the Divine vengeance has ordained him, he will become himself the object of it; see ... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 47:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 47:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 47:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 47:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 47:6

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