Isaiah 47:2-12

2 Take millstones and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off [your] skirt, bare your thigh, wade through the streams.

3 Your nakedness will be uncovered, and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.^[a]

4 The Holy One of Israel is our Redeemer; the Lord of Hosts is His name.

5 "Daughter Chaldea, sit in silence and go into darkness. For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.

6 I was angry with My people; I profaned My possession, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

7 You said: I will be the mistress forever. You did not take these things to heart or think about their outcome.

8 "So now hear this, lover of luxury, who sits securely, who says to herself: I, and no one else, will never be a widow or know the loss of children.

9 These two things will happen to you suddenly, in one day: loss of children and widowhood. They will happen to you in their entirety, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

10 You were secure in your wickedness; you said: No one sees me. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray. You said to yourself: I, and no one else.

11 But disaster will happen to you; you will not know how to avert it. And it will fall on you, but you will be unable to ward it off.^[b] Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

12 So take your stand with your spells and your many sorceries, which you have wearied yourself with from your youth. Perhaps you will be able to succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

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Isaiah 47:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 47

This chapter is a prophecy of the destruction of Babylon, and of the Chaldeans, and declares the causes of it. The mean, low, ignominious, and miserable condition Babylon and the Chaldeans should be brought into by the Lord, the Redeemer of his people, is described, Isa 47:1-5, the causes of it are their cruelty to the Jews, Isa 47:6, their pride, voluptuousness, and carnal security, Isa 47:7,8 their sorceries and enchantments, and trust in their own wisdom, Isa 47:9,10, wherefore their destruction should come suddenly upon them, and they should not be able to put it off, Isa 47:11, their magic art, and judiciary astrology, which they boasted of, by them they could neither foresee nor withstand their ruin, which would be of no avail unto them, Isa 47:12-14, nor their merchants either, Isa 47:15.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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[a]. Hb obscure
[b]. Or to atone for it

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