John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 47:2
Take the millstones, and grind meal ,.... Foretelling that the Chaldeans should be taken captives, and used as such, and sent to prison houses, where they should turn the mill, and grind corn into meal; a very servile work, and which used to be done by captives and slaves, even by female ones, Exodus 11:5 . The Targum is, "go into servitude;' of which this was a sign: uncover thy locks : the attire and dress of the head, by which the locks were bound up and kept together; but being... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 47:1-6
In these verses God by the prophet sends a messenger even to Babylon, like that of Jonah to Nineveh: ?The time is at hand when Babylon shall be destroyed.? Fair warning is thus given her, that she may by repentance prevent the ruin and there may be a lengthening of her tranquility. We may observe here, I. God's controversy with Babylon. We will begin with that, for there all the calamity begins; she has made God her enemy, and then who can befriend her: Let her know that the righteous Judge,... read more