イザヤ書 47:6-7 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 47:6

What we owe to the aged. "Upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke." This wrong-doing is selected, out of all others, to point the reproaches of the prophet. If Babylon would do that, it was merciless enough to do anything. Hard, indeed, is the heart that will show no pity for old age, but will lay a heavy yoke on its shoulders. We may let this sentence suggest to us the light in which a Christian man will look at age. What is its due? How shall we exhibit the temper our Master... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 47:6

Doing God's work unworthily. "Thou didst not show them compassion." God had entrusted Babylon with the work of executing his Divine judgments on his people. The work was done, but God could not approve of the way in which it was done. Compare, for illustrative purposes, the cases of King Saul and of John. Saul was made executioner of the Divine judgment on Amalek, but God could not approve of his work: he erred on the side of laxity. Jehu was made executioner of the Divine judgment on the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 47:7

And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever . The idea of "continuance" is one of the primary instincts of human nature. Hence we regard it as certain that the sun will rise on the morrow. We expect things to "continue in one stay," and "to-morrow to be as to-day," if not even "more abundant." Babylon was not much more arrogant than other nations when she assumed that silo would be "a lady for ever." And she had more excuse than almost any other nation. Her capital was one of the most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 47:7

Due regard to consequences. "Neither didst remember the latter end of it." The experiences of mankind have brought the conviction that moral laws are always and uniformly working, as surely as physical laws. Wrong universally leads on to ruin. Whatsoever a man sows he reaps. "Sin, when it is finished, brings forth death." This is all so certain that, if any man proposes to take any particular course in life, he may duly consider the "latter end of it"—he may estimate it in the light of that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 47:7-11

Spiritual infatuation. This is a striking picture of infatuation. We note— I. ITS ESSENTIAL NATURE . Under the perverting influence of sin men come into a mental and spiritual condition in which everything is strange, unnatural, distorted. Something has "perverted" them ( Isaiah 47:10 ). It is a condition in which things seem to them other than they are—in which they fail to discern what ought to be quite palpable to them, in which they are subject to unhappy and hurtful... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:6

I was worth with my people - In this verse and the following, a reason is assigned why God would deal so severely with her. One of the reasons was, that in executing the punishment which he had designed on the Jewish people, she had done it with pride, ambition, and severity; so that though God intended they should be punished, yet the feelings of Babylon in doing it, were such also as to deserve his decided rebuke and wrath.I have polluted mine inheritance - Jerusalem and the land of Judea see... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:7

And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever - This passage describes the pride and self-confidence of Babylon. She was confident in her wealth; the strength of her gates and walls; and in her abundant resources to resist an enemy, or to sustain a siege. Babylon was ten miles square; and it was supposed to contain provisions enough to maintain a siege for many years. There were, moreover, no symptoms of internal decay; there were no apparent external reasons why her prosperity should not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 47:5-6

Isaiah 47:5-6. Sit thou silent Through grief and shame, and as mourners used to do, Job 2:13. Cease thy vaunting and insolent speeches. And get thee into darkness Thou shalt go into an obscure, disconsolate, and calamitous condition. Thou shalt no more be the lady of kingdoms The chief and glory of all kingdoms; the most large, potent, and glorious empire of the world, as thou hast been. I was wroth with my people “The metaphor in this verse,” says Vitringa, “is taken from a father,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 47:7-8

Isaiah 47:7-8. Thou sayest, I shall be a lady for ever I shall always be the chief city and mistress of the world, and shall never know any change of condition in this respect. If we consider that the city of Babylon had no less than one hundred gates made of solid brass; that its walls were two hundred feet high, and fifty broad, according to the lowest account given of them by historians, and, according to some, three hundred and fifty feet in height, and eighty-seven in thickness, so... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:1-15

Judgment on Babylon (47:1-15)The great nation Babylon is likened to a beautiful and vain young lady who is now disgraced. She once lived in luxury, but now she is made to sit in the dirt, forced to work like a slave girl, stripped of her beautiful clothing and made to walk around naked (47:1-3). God’s judgment on Babylon brings freedom to Israel (4).Pride is the reason for Babylon’s downfall. God’s desire was to use Babylon to punish Israel, but Babylon has gone beyond the limits God set and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 47:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 47:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 47:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 47:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 47:7-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 47:5-6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 47:7-8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:1-15

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