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Isaiah 47:11

Therefore shall evil come upon thee, in the Lord's punishment, thou shalt not know from whence it riseth, not being able to banish it; and mischief, misfortune, destruction, shall fall upon thee, thou shalt not be able to put it off, to lay down ransom-money to be delivered from it; and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, as when a destructive storm comes rushing headlong, which thou shalt not know, against which all Babylon's might and wisdom would be powerless.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 47:11. _THOU SHALT NOT KNOW FROM WHENCE IT RISETH_ - "Thou shalt not know how to deprecate"] שחרה _shachrah_; so the _Chaldee_ renders it, which is approved by _Jarchi_ on the place; and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEREFORE SHALL EVIL COME UPON THEE - In consequence of thy pride and self-confidence; of the prevalence of corruption, licentiousness, and sin; of the prevalence of the arts of magic and of divinatio...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ MISCHIEF. ruin; especially as prepared for others. Not the same word as in Isaiah 59:4. Only here and Ezekiel 7:26. PUT IT OFF. expiate it, or charm it away....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly,...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    47:11 off; (c-30) Lit. 'avert by means of expiations.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AN ODE ON THE HUMILIATION OF BABYLON 1-15. The coming calamity. The reason of Babylon's fall. Her helplessness to avert it....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FROM WHENCE IT RISETH] RM 'how to charm it away.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THOU SHALT NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT OFF... — The words have been variously rendered: (1) _of which thou shalt know no dawn, i.e.,_ after the night of calamity; and (2) _which thou shalt not be able to ch...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ בָ֧א עָלַ֣יִךְ רָעָ֗ה לֹ֤א תֵדְעִי֙ שַׁחְר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Know. All this shews the vanity of magic, which cannot announce future events to do any good. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._Therefore shall evil come upon thee. _Continuing the subject which he had formerly introduced, he ridicules the foolish confidence of the Babylonians, who thought that by the position of the stars...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEREFORE SHALL EVIL COME UPON THEE,.... The evil of punishment, a great calamity; so Nebuchadnezzar foretold, as Abydenus relates o, that συμφορη, a calamity, should come upon the Babylonians; a day...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness_ Thou hast thought that thy cunning and policy would still preserve thee; _and hast said, None seeth me_ My counsels are so deeply and craftily laid, and my de...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FROM WHENCE IT RISETH: _ Heb._ the morning thereof PUT IT OFF: _ Heb._ expiate...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEREFORE SHALL EVIL COME UPON THEE; or rather, _when it shall come_: Heb. _the morning of it_, the day or time of its approach. And they are justly upbraided and derided for this ignorance, because _...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 47:11 evil H7451 come H935 (H8804) know H3045 (H8799) arises H7837 trouble H1943 fall H5307 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “Therefore will evil come on you. You will not know its dawning. And mischief will fall on you. You will not be able to ward it off by atonement. And desolation will come on you suddenly, Which y...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 47:11 I. Look at this picture of utter and most painful bewilderment. It is the necessary and inevitable result of sin. II. Hear the Divine challenge addressed to the false powers in which we...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Therefore shall evil come upon thee_ SUDDEN DESTRUCTION The predicted calamity is represented as a great storm, which suddenly arises in eastern countries, and blows with such violence as to Spread...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 47:11 The Hebrew word for “wickedness” (v. Isaiah 47:10) is the same one used for “evil” in BUT EVIL shall come upon you

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    FALSE SECURITIES Isaiah 47:11, _Therefore shall evil come upon thee, &c._ I. _Look at this picture of utter and painful bewilderment_. This is the necessary and inevitable result of sin. 1. We have...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    PRACTICAL ATHEISM AND GENUINE PIETY Isaiah 47:10. _Thou hast said, None seeth me_. Genesis 16:13. _And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me_. Here is— I. PRACTICAL...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Thessalonians 5:3; Daniel 5:25; Exodus 12:29; Exodus 12:30;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Therefore — This agrees with the history. Babylon being surprized by Cyrus, when they were in deep security....

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