Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Isaiah 47:14
They shall not deliver themselves, and much less thee, from the power of the flame; they shall be totally consumed, and all the comfort which thou didst expect from them shall utterly vanish.
They shall not deliver themselves, and much less thee, from the power of the flame; they shall be totally consumed, and all the comfort which thou didst expect from them shall utterly vanish.
BEHOLD, THEY SHALL BE AS STUBBLE - They shall be no more able to resist the judgments which are coming upon the city, than dry stubble can resist the action of the fire. A similar figure is used in Is...
CHAPTER 47 A Description of the Fall of Babylon 1. _Babylon's degradation announced (Isaiah 47:1)_ 2. _Israel acknowledges the redeemer (Isaiah 47:4)_ 3. _Retribution for Babylon (Isaiah 47:5)_ 4. Th...
A TAUNT-SONG OF TRIUMPH ON THE FALL OF BABYLON. Isaiah 47:1. Babylon, erroneously personified as a virgin, as if never before captured, is bidden descend from the effeminate ease of her throne to the...
THEMSELVES. their souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._...
BEHOLD, THEY SHALL BE AS STUBBLE— The judgment to be inflicted upon the professors and encouragers of the vain arts above mentioned is here elegantly and metaphorically described. The prophet says, th...
b. CONQUERING THEIR GOVERNMENTS TEXT: Isaiah 47:1-15 1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt...
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 to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. THEY SHA...
47:14 be (f-26) Or 'it shall not [merely] be.' fire (g-33) Lit. 'light.'...
AN ODE ON THE HUMILIATION OF BABYLON 1-15. The coming calamity. The reason of Babylon's fall. Her helplessness to avert it....
_There shall_ not _be_] 'it shall not be,' i.e. it will not be like a fire on the hearth, but a devouring conflagration....
Straw burns fiercely for a very short time. Such a fire is not useful; it has no good purpose. BABYLONIAN ~ a person from the country called Babylon; or anything that has a relationship with the count...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 47 This short chapter is severe in the manner that it warns the proud *Bab...
THERE SHALL NOT BE A COAL TO WARM AT. — Better, _it shall not be_ ... The destroying flame shall be altogether other than the fire on the hearth, at which a man can sit and warm himself....
הִנֵּ֨ה הָי֤וּ כְ קַשׁ֙ אֵ֣שׁ שְׂרָפָ֔תַם לֹֽ
Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
THE PENALTY OF TRUSTING IN WICKEDNESS Isaiah 47:1-15 Babylon dwelt in careless security. She was given to pleasures, Isaiah 47:8; and said in her heart that her vast crowd of astrologers, magicians,...
The prophecy is now addressed to Babylon itself, and in language full of force and beauty describes its judgment. The description is fourfold. First, the degradation of the city is foretold. From a pr...
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. ...
_Thereat, to warm themselves, (Haydock) or to adore. (Calmet) --- In Cappadocia are to be seen "Pyratheia,...in which the magi keep a perpetual fire, and sing hymns about the space of an hour." (Strab...
I include the whole of these verses in one reading, because the one great subject is the same. The enemies of God and of his Church carry with them a general feature, namely, everything of hatred, and...
14._Behold, they shall be as stubble. _With still greater eagerness he attacks those astrologers who strengthened the pride of Babylon by their empty boasting; for impostors of this sort are wont to t...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 46, 47, AND 48. In Chapter s 46, 47, the application is made to Babylon and to her idols, but still as pleading for Israel as beloved of God; for governmental...
BEHOLD, THEY SHALL BE AS STUBBLE, THE FIRE SHALL BURN THEM,.... That is, these astrologers and diviners shall be like stubble; weak as that, as the Targum; they shall be no more able to stand before t...
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 to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it. Ver....
_Stand now with thine enchantments_ Persist in these practices. _Wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth_ From the beginning of thy kingdom. For the Chaldeans in all ages were famous, or rather infa...
Behold, they, all the wizards and necromancers and astrologers, SHALL BE AS STUBBLE, the fire shall burn them, so that they will be totally destroyed; THEY SHALL NOT DELIVER THEMSELVES FROM THE POWER...
Babylon's Vain Attempt to Avert the Threatened Destruction...
THEMSELVES: _ Heb._ their souls...
7-15 Let us beware of acting and speaking as Babylon did; of trusting in tyranny and oppression; of boasting as to our abilities, relying on ourselves, and ascribing success to our own prudence and w...
Isaiah 47:14 stubble H7179 fire H784 burn H8313 (H8804) deliver H5337 (H8686) themselves H5315 power H3027 flame...
“Behold they will be as stubble, The fire will burn them. They will not deliver themselves from the power of the flame. It will not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit in front of.” All such p...
Isaiah 47:11 I. Look at this picture of utter and most painful bewilderment. It is the necessary and inevitable result of sin. II. Hear the Divine challenge addressed to the false powers in which we...
CONTENTS: Judgment pronounced upon Babylon. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who abuse their honor or power provoke God to deprive them of it utterly and to make them sit in dust. While God often...
Isaiah 47:2. _Take the millstones and grind meal._ Prepare the weekly loaf, as was anciently the custom, a work which the servants performed with handmills. Isaiah 47:4. _Our Redeemer, the Lord of hos...
_Behold, they shall be as stubble_ GOD’S JUDGMENT AS CONSUMING FIRE The flame is no comfortable fire for warmth, no hearth-fire (Isaiah 44:16) to sit in front of; but, on thecontrary, consuming, ete...
_Therefore shall evil come upon thee_ SUDDEN DESTRUCTION The predicted calamity is represented as a great storm, which suddenly arises in eastern countries, and blows with such violence as to Spread...
FALSE SECURITIES Isaiah 47:11, _Therefore shall evil come upon thee, &c._ I. _Look at this picture of utter and painful bewilderment_. This is the necessary and inevitable result of sin. 1. We have...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 47:1 A SONG OF TRIUMPH OVER THE FALL OF BABYLON. The song divides itself into four strophes, or stanzas—the first one of four verses ...
Now in chapter 47, God speaks of the judgment that is going to come against Babylon. Now this is before Babylon ever conquered them. But God has declared that Babylon shall conquer them, but because o...
Ezekiel 15:7; Isaiah 30:14; Isaiah 40:24; Isaiah 41:2; Jeremiah 51:25