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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 47:10

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.

Ver. 10. Thou hast trusted in thy wickedness.] God calleth that "wickedness" which they counted wisdom.

None seeth me.] Ne Deus quidem novit rationes mess. Graceless men, having hid God from themselves, think also to hide themselves from God.

Thy wisdom and thy knowledge.] Thy magical arts and practices. Quantus artifex pereo? quadrabit in te peritum et periturum.

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See also Isaiah 47:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THOU HAST TRUSTED IN THY WICKEDNESS - The word ‘wickedness’ here refers doubtless to the pride, arrogance, ambition, and oppressions of Babylon. It means, that she had supposed that she was able b...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TRUSTED. confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. FOR T...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AN ODE ON THE HUMILIATION OF BABYLON 1-15. The coming calamity. The reason of Babylon's fall. Her helplessness to avert it....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In the Bible, ‘fool’ often means someone who has no thought about God (see Psalms 14:1 and Luke 12:13-21). NO HELP FOR BABYLON V12 ‘Of course, you may decide to carry on with your black (wicked) ma...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR THOU HAST TRUSTED IN THY WICKEDNESS... — Babylon, like other nations that have followed in her steps, took for its law that Might was Right, practically denied the existence of a Ruler who saw and...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תִּבְטְחִ֣י בְ רָעָתֵ֗ךְ אָמַרְתְּ֙ אֵ֣ין...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    10._For thou trustedst. _He explains what he said in the preceding verse, though it may be extended further, so as to be a censure of the fraud and oppression and violence and unjust practices by whic...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THOU HAST TRUSTED IN THY WICKEDNESS,.... In wealth and power wickedly obtained; in political schemes wickedly contrived; in her ambition and pride, tyranny and cruelty; and especially in her wicke...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness_ Thou hast thought that thy cunning and policy would still preserve thee; _and hast said, None seeth me_ My counsels are so deeply and craftily laid, and my de...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness, deeming herself secure in spite of her cruelty and tyranny; THOU HAST SAID, NONE SEETH ME. THY WISDOM, particularly that of various magical arts, AND THY KNOWL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Babylon's Vain Attempt to Avert the Threatened Destruction...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    perverted thee: Or, caused thee to turn away...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THOU HAST TRUSTED IN THY WICKEDNESS; confidently expecting to preserve thyself by these and other wicked arts and policies. Thou hast said, NONE SEETH ME; my counsels are so deeply and cunningly laid,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 47:10 trusted H982 (H8799) wickedness H7451 said H559 (H8804) sees H7200 (H8802) wisdom H2451 knowledge...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.' Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, And you have said in your heart, ‘I am and there is none else beside...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    TRUSTED (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever_ FALSE SECURITY I. THE CAUSE OF THEIR SECURITY. They did not lay this to heart (Isaiah 47:7), did not apply it to themselves, and give it due consideratio...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thou hast said, None seeth me_ OMNISCIENCE IGNORED I. THIS NOTION HAS GREAT INFLUENCE UPON THE CONDUCT OF MAN. Such a notion is convenient. Concealment is the helpmeet of wrong. It is not necessary...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    PRACTICAL ATHEISM AND GENUINE PIETY Isaiah 47:10. _Thou hast said, None seeth me_. Genesis 16:13. _And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me_. Here is— I. PRACTICAL...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 3:19; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Ezekiel 28:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Trusted — Confidently expecting to preserve thyself by these and other wicked arts. None seeth — My counsels are so deeply laid. Perverted — Hath misled thee into the way of perdition. None seeth — Wh...

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