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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 47:5

Sit thou silent, &c.— See ch. Isaiah 13:19 Isaiah 14:4. Bishop Newton observes, that after this destruction Babylon never recovered its ancient splendor: From an imperial it became a tributary city; from being governed by its own kings, and governing strangers, it came itself to be governed by strangers; and, the seat of empire being transferred to Shushan, it decayed by degrees, till it was at last reduced to utter desolation. Dissert. vol. 1: p. 293.

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See also Isaiah 47:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SIT THOU SILENT - The same general sentiment is expressed here as in the preceding verses, though the figure is changed. In Isaiah 47:1, Babylon is represented under the image of a frivolous and delic...

  • 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

    LADY OF KINGDOMS. mistress of the kingdoms. The king of Babylon called himself "the King Vicar" Compare Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37. So the popes name themselves, and are so addressed when crowned. Comp...

  • 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

    Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. SIT THOU SILENT - the posture of mourning (; ; ). SIT THOU SILENT -...

  • 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

    ‘Sit in silence’ means that the *Babylonians can never again give orders to other people. ‘Prison’ signals that the *Babylonians will also lose their liberty. • The *Babylonian *empire was a collecti...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שְׁבִ֥י דוּמָ֛ם וּ בֹ֥אִי בַ † חֹ֖שֶׁךְ...

  • 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

    (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....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The subject is again resumed at this verse, and, under the image of Babylon, the silence and darkness, in which the enemies of God and of his Christ shall be finally shut up, are set forth....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._Sit silent. _He continues the same subject, and shews that the end of the Babylonian monarchy is at hand. As this appeared to be incredible, he therefore repeats the same thing by a variety of expr...

  • 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

    SIT THOU SILENT,.... Here the speech is directed again to Babylon, which used to be a place of noise and hurry, as well as famous and much talked of all the world over; but now there should be a deep...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. Ver. 5. _Sit thou silent._] Here he threateneth Babylon with loss of...

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

    _Sit thou silent_ Through grief and shame, and as mourners used to do, Job 2:13. Cease thy vaunting and insolent speeches. _And get thee into darkness_ Thou shalt go into an obscure, disconsolate, and...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Sit thou silent, namely, in captivity, AND GET THEE INTO DARKNESS, into the darkness of the dungeon, O DAUGHTER OF THE CHALDEANS; FOR THOU SHALT NO MORE BE CALLED THE LADY OF KINGDOMS, the queen and m...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE HUMILIATION OF THE DAUGHTER OF BABYLON...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 Babylon is represented under the emblem of a female in deep distress. She was to be degraded and endure sufferings; and is represented sitting on the ground, grinding at the handmill, the lowest a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SIT THOU SILENT, through grief and shame, and as mourners use to do, JOB 2:13. Cease thy vaunting and insolent speeches; thou canst say nothing for thine own justification. GET THEE INTO DARKNESS; tho...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Sit there silently, and get into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For you will no more be called ‘the Lady of the kingdoms'.' Here Babylon is depicted as being degraded and becoming like a low...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 a...

  • 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 Samuel 2:9; Daniel 2:37; Daniel 2:38; Habakkuk 2:20; Isaiah 13:19;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Silent — Thro' grief and shame, as mourners use to do. The lady — The chief and glory of all kingdoms....

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