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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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b. CONQUERING THEIR GOVERNMENTS
TEXT: Isaiah 47:1-15
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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...
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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,...
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47:11 off; (c-30) Lit. 'avert by means of expiations.'...
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AN ODE ON THE HUMILIATION OF BABYLON
1-15. The coming calamity. The reason of Babylon's fall. Her
helplessness to avert it....
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FROM WHENCE IT RISETH] RM 'how to charm it away.'...
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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...
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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...
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וּ בָ֧א עָלַ֣יִךְ רָעָ֗ה לֹ֤א
תֵדְעִי֙ שַׁחְר
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
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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,...
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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...
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_Know. All this shews the vanity of magic, which cannot announce
future events to do any good. (Calmet)_...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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,...
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_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...
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Babylon's Vain Attempt to Avert the Threatened Destruction...
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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...
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FROM WHENCE IT RISETH:
_ Heb._ the morning thereof
PUT IT OFF:
_ Heb._ expiate...
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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...
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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 _...
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Isaiah 47:11 evil H7451 come H935 (H8804) know H3045 (H8799) arises
H7837 trouble H1943 fall H5307 ...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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1 Thessalonians 5:3; Daniel 5:25; Exodus 12:29; Exodus 12:30;...
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Therefore — This agrees with the history. Babylon being surprized by
Cyrus, when they were in deep security....