Isa 47:1
47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O {a} virgin daughter of
     Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no {b} throne, O
     daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called
     tender and delicate.

     (a) Which has lived in wealth and wantonness and has not
         yet been overcome by any enemies.
     (b) Your government will be taken from you.

Isa 47:2
47:2 Take the millstones, and {c} grind meal: uncover thy locks,
     {d} make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the
     rivers.

     (c) You will be brought to most vile servitude: for to turn
         the mill was the office of slaves.
     (d) The things in which she sets her greatest pride, will be
         made vile, even from the head to the foot.

Isa 47:3
47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be
     seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as]
     a {e} man.

     (e) I will use no humanity nor pity toward you.

Isa 47:4
47:4 {f} [As for] our redeemer, the LORD of hosts [is] his name,
     the Holy One of Israel.

     (f) The Israelites will confess that the Lord does this for
         his Church's sake.

Isa 47:5
47:5 {g} Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter
     of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The
     lady of kingdoms.

     (g) For shame, and hide yourself.

Isa 47:6
47:6 I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance,
     and given them into thy hand: thou didst show them no {h}
     mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy
     yoke.

     (h) They abused God's judgments, thinking that he punished
         the Israelites, because he would completely cast them
         off, and therefore instead of pitying their misery, you
         increased it.

Isa 47:9
47:9 But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in
     one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall
     come upon thee in their {i} perfection for the multitude of
     thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thy
     enchantments.

     (i) So that your punishment will be so great, as is
         possible to be imagined.

Isa 47:10
47:10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said,
      None seeth me. Thy {k} wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath
      perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I [am],
      and none else besides me.

      (k) You thought that your own wisdom and policy would have
          saved you.

Isa 47:12
47:12 Stand now with thy enchantments, and with the multitude of
      thy sorceries, in which thou hast {l} laboured from thy
      youth; if thou shalt be able to profit, if thou mayest
      prevail.

      (l) He derides their vain confidence, who put their trust
          in anything but in God, condemning also such vain
          sciences, which serve no use, but to delude the
          people, and to bring them from depending only on God.

Isa 47:14
47:14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn
      them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of
      the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal {m} to warm at,
      [nor] fire to sit before it.

      (m) They will utterly perish, and no part of them remain.

Isa 47:15
47:15 Thus shall they be to thee with whom thou hast laboured,
      [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander
      every one to his {n} quarter; none shall save thee.

      (n) They will flee everyone to that place, which he
          thought by his speculations to be most sure: but that
          will deceive them.



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