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Isaiah 47:10-15

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10 "You felt 1secure in your wickedness and said, '2No one sees me,' Your 3wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you; For you have said in your heart, '4I am, and there is no one besides me.'
11 "But 5evil will come on you Which you will not know how to charm away; And disaster will fall on you For which you cannot * atone; And 6destruction about which you do not know Will come on you 7suddenly.
12 "Stand fast now in your 8spells And in your many sorceries With which you have labored from your youth; Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you may cause trembling.
13 "You are 9wearied with your many counsels; Let now the 10astrologers *, Those who prophesy by the stars, Those who predict by the new moons, Stand up and 11save you from what will come upon you.
14 "Behold, they have become 12like stubble, 13Fire burns them; They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame; There will be 14no coal to warm by Nor a fire to sit before!
15 "So have those become to you with whom you have labored, Who have 15trafficked with you from your youth; Each has wandered in his own way; There is 16none to save you.
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Isaiah 47:10-15 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

Cross References 16

  • 1. Psalms 52:7; Psalms 62:10; Isaiah 59:4
  • 2. Isaiah 29:15; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9
  • 3. Isaiah 5:21; Isaiah 44:20
  • 4. Isaiah 47:8
  • 5. Isaiah 57:1
  • 6. Isaiah 13:6; Jeremiah 51:8, 43; Luke 17:27; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
  • 7. Isaiah 47:9
  • 8. Isaiah 47:9
  • 9. Jeremiah 51:58, 64
  • 10. Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 44:25; Isaiah 47:9; Daniel 2:2, 10
  • 11. Isaiah 47:15
  • 12. Isaiah 5:24; Nahum 1:10; Malachi 4:1
  • 13. Isaiah 10:17; Jer 51:30, 32, 58
  • 14. Isaiah 44:16
  • 15. Revelation 18:11
  • 16. Isaiah 5:29; Isaiah 43:13; Isaiah 46:7

Footnotes 2

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