Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 47

53 catchwords469 parallels

← Isaiah | ← Ch 46 | Ch 48 →

Isaiah 47 . 1 , God’s judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea , Isaiah 47 . 6 , for their unmercifulness , Isaiah 47 . 7 , pride , Isaiah 47 . 10. and overboldness , Isaiah 47 . 11. shall be irresistible.

Isaiah 47:1

“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

Isaiah 47:1 · BSB

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Isaiah 47:2

Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

Isaiah 47:2 · BSB

the millstones7 parallels

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Isaiah 47:3

Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”

Isaiah 47:3 · BSB

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Isaiah 47:4

Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 47:4 · BSB

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Isaiah 47:5

“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

Isaiah 47:5 · BSB

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After Babylon was taken by Cyrus , instead of being "the lady of kingdoms ," the metropolis of a great empire , and mistress of all the East , it became subject to the Persians; and the imperial seat being removed to Susa , instead of having a king , it had only a deputy residing there , who governed it as a province of the Persian empire

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Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

Isaiah 47:6 · BSB

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Isaiah 47:7

You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

Isaiah 47:7 · BSB

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Isaiah 47:8

So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’

Isaiah 47:8 · BSB

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Isaiah 47:9

These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

Isaiah 47:9 · BSB

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Isaiah 47:10

You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’

Isaiah 47:10 · BSB

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perverted thee or , caused thee to turn away

Isaiah 47:11

But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

Isaiah 47:11 · BSB

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Heb. expiate

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from whence it riseth Heb. the morning thereof

Isaiah 47:12

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

Isaiah 47:12 · BSB

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Isaiah 47:13

You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

Isaiah 47:13 · BSB

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astrologers , the stargazers Heb. viewers of the heavens , the monthly prognosticators. Heb. that gave knowledge concerning the months.

Isaiah 47:14

Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.

Isaiah 47:14 · BSB

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Isaiah 47:15

This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.

Isaiah 47:15 · BSB

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Babylon was replenished from all nations , by a concourse of people , whom Jeremiah

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In the wider web4 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Echoes Acts 4:12 → Isaiah 47:15
Chiasms
Shaped Isaiah 47:1–10, Isaiah 47:1–7, Isaiah 47:8–10
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