Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 47:9
Perfection for] 'full measure in spite of.' Sorceries] Babylon was renowned in the ancient world for astrology, and for the practice of all kinds of magic.
Perfection for] 'full measure in spite of.' Sorceries] Babylon was renowned in the ancient world for astrology, and for the practice of all kinds of magic.
Verse Isaiah 47:9. _THESE TWO_ THINGS _SHALL COME TO THEE IN. A MOMENT_] That is, suddenly. Belshazzar was slain; thus the city became metaphorically a _widow_, the _husband_ - the governor of it, be...
IN A MOMENT, IN ONE DAY - This is designed, undoubtedly, to describe the suddenness with which Babylon would be destroyed. It would not decay slowly, and by natural causes, but it would not decay slow...
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...
PERFECTION. full measure....
THESE TWO THINGS SHALL COME TO THEE— This prophesy was twice fulfilled; having been accomplished the very night that Babylon was taken, when the Persian slew the king himself, and a great number of 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...
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 perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the grea...
47:9 for (b-28) for (b-34) Or 'in spite of.'...
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...
The loss of children probably refers to their death in battle. Or that they would become prisoners in a foreign country. • A widow had to depend upon her children for financial help. There were no st...
These verses continue to refer to Babylon as a woman....
IN THEIR PERFECTION. — Better, _in their completeness._ She should taste the full bitterness of widowhood and bereavement. FOR THE MULTITUDE OF THY SORCERIES. — Better, _in spite of_ ......
וְ תָבֹאנָה֩ לָּ֨ךְ שְׁתֵּי ־אֵ֥לֶּה רֶ֛גַע ב
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...
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 t...
_Two. The empire and the people shall be removed at once. --- Enchanters; princes or magicians, who gave them evil counsel, ver. 12._...
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...
9._But those two things shall suddenly come to thee. _Because Babylon supposed that she was beyond the reach of all danger, the Prophet threatens against her very sore distress. When she said that she...
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...
BUT THESE TWO THINGS SHALL COME TO THEE IN A MOMENT ON ONE DAY,.... Suddenly, at once, at one and the same time. The destruction of Babylon was very sudden; the city was taken by surprise, before the...
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 perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the g...
_These two things shall come to thee_ The very two things that thou didst set at defiance; _loss of children and widowhood_ Both thy princes and thy people shall be cut off, so that thou shalt be no m...
but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, with frightful suddenness, THE LOSS OF CHILDREN AND WIDOWHOOD, a total bereavement; THEY, these two great trials, SHALL COME UPON THEE I...
Babylon's Vain Attempt to Avert the Threatened Destruction...
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...
IN THEIR PERFECTION; in the highest degree. Thy king and kingdom shall be utterly and eternally destroyed. FOR THE MULTITUDE OF THY SORCERIES, AND FOR THE GREAT ABUNDANCE OF THINE ENCHANTMENTS; for th...
Isaiah 47:9 two H8147 come H935 (H8799) moment H7281 one H259 day H3117 children H7908 widowhood H489 come...
“But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day, The loss of children, and widowhood. They will come on you in their full measure, In spite of the multitude of your sorceries, And th...
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...
_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...
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...
1 Thessalonians 5:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Daniel 2:2;...
Perfection — In the highest degree....