Isaiah 47:6-9

6 I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.

7 You said, ‘I am forever— the eternal queen!’ But you did not consider these things or reflect on what might happen.

8 “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure, lounging in your security and saying to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or suffer the loss of children.’

9 Both of these will overtake you in a moment, on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and all your potent spells.

Isaiah 47:6-9 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.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Chronicles 28:9
• 2. S Deuteronomy 13:15; S Isaiah 42:24; Jeremiah 2:7; Jeremiah 50:11
• 3. Isaiah 10:13
• 4. S Isaiah 14:6
• 5. S Isaiah 10:13; Daniel 4:30
• 6. S ver 5; Revelation 18:7
• 7. S Isaiah 42:23,25
• 8. S Deuteronomy 32:29
• 9. S Isaiah 32:9
• 10. S Isaiah 45:6; Zephaniah 2:15
• 11. Isaiah 49:21; Isaiah 54:4; Lamentations 1:1; Revelation 18:7
• 12. S Psalms 55:15; Psalms 73:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Revelation 18:8-10
• 13. S Isaiah 13:18
• 14. Isaiah 4:1; Jeremiah 15:8; Jeremiah 18:21
• 15. ver 12; Nahum 3:4; Malachi 3:5
• 16. Deuteronomy 18:10-11; Revelation 9:21; Revelation 18:23