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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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 47:9

perfection = full measure. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 47:9

Isaiah 47:9. These two things shall come to thee— This prophesy was twice fulfilled; having been accomplished the very night that Babylon was taken, when the Persian slew the king himself, and a great number of the Babylonians: and it was fulfilled a second time, when besieged by Darius. Being determined to hold out to the last extremity, they took all their women, and each man choosing one of them whom he liked best out of his own family, they strangled all the rest, that unnecessary mouths... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 47:9

9. in a moment—It should not decay slowly, but be suddenly and unexpectedly destroyed; in a single night it was taken by Cyrus. The prophecy was again literally fulfilled when Babylon revolted against Darius; and, in order to hold out to the last, each man chose one woman of his family, and strangled the rest, to save provisions. Darius impaled three thousand of the revolters. in . . . perfection—that is, "in full measure." for . . . for—rather, "notwithstanding the . . . notwithstanding"; "in... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 47:5-11

The sins of Babylon 47:5-11The Lord became more specific about Babylon’s sins and the reasons He intended to punish her in the following pericope (Isaiah 47:5-11). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 47:9

She would lose her empire and her population with unexpected suddenness. In spite of the sorcery and magic that Babylon relied on for protection, God would bring judgment on her."Babylon was proverbial in the ancient world for its development of the magical arts. So firm was this association that in Daniel, ’Chaldean’ is a term for magician (Isaiah 1:20; Isa 2:2, 27, etc. . . .). The great Babylonian interest in astronomy was prompted by an even greater interest in astrology. The names given to... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 47:1-15

An Ode on the Humiliation of Babylon1-15. The coming calamity. The reason of Babylon’s fall. Her helplessness to avert it.2. Grind] i.e. as a slave (Exodus 11:5).Uncover, etc.] RV ’remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg.’ The overthrow of the city is set forth under the figure of a maiden carried away into slavery. Pass over] on the way to exile. 3. Will not meet, etc.] RV ’will accept no man,’ i.e. none shall be spared.6. Babylon is to be thus punished because, when the Jewish... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 47:9

(9) In their perfection.—Better, in their completeness. She should taste the full bitterness of widowhood and bereavement.For the multitude of thy sorceries.—Better, in spite of . . . read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:1-15

CHAPTER XIIBABYLONIsaiah 47:1-15THROUGHOUT the extent of Bible history, from Genesis to Revelation, One City remains, which in fact and symbol is execrated as the enemy of God and the stronghold of evil. In Genesis we are called to see its foundation, as of the first city that wandering men established, and the quick ruin, which fell upon its impious builders. By the prophets we hear it cursed as the oppressor of God’s people, the temptress of the nations, full of cruelty and wantonness. And in... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 47:1-15

CHAPTER 47 A Description of the Fall of Babylon 1. Babylon’s degradation announced (Isaiah 47:1-3 ) 2. Israel acknowledges the redeemer (Isaiah 47:4 ) 3. Retribution for Babylon (Isaiah 47:5-7 ) 4. The destruction swift and sure (Isaiah 47:8-15 ) In chapter 14 a similar description of Babylon and the fall of the king of Babylon is recorded. All has its meaning for the future. read more