ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 47:1 The VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON... TENDER AND DELICATE is Babylon itself, portrayed as a self-indulgent girl now subjected to the harsh realities of judgment. Babylon came to symbolize world culture in contempt of God (see Revelation 18:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getE... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 47:2 God warns Babylon about the end of its luxurious selfishness and the beginning of slavery and exile. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 47:4 The only safety in a world under judgment is the Lord himself, who acts for the sake of his people. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 47:5 SIT IN SILENCE. Babylon is left with nothing to say. Though God used the Babylonians to discipline his own people, he still held Babylon accountable for their cruel abuses and arrogance (see Isaiah 10:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 47:8 I AM, AND THERE IS NO ONE BESIDES ME. Pride is the cause of Babylon’s disrespect for God (see Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 45:5, Isaiah 45:18, Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 46:9). All nations, without exception, are accountable to God. [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 47:11 The Hebrew word for “wickedness” (v. Isaiah 47:10) is the same one used for “evil” in BUT EVIL SHALL COME UPON YOU. This is the measure-for-measure “vengeance” of v. Isaiah 47:3. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for ... [ Continue Reading ]