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Verse Isaiah 47:9. _THESE TWO_ THINGS _SHALL COME TO THEE IN. A
MOMENT_] That is, suddenly. Belshazzar was slain; thus the city became
metaphorically a _widow_, the _husband_ - the governor of it, be...
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IN A MOMENT, IN ONE DAY - This is designed, undoubtedly, to describe
the suddenness with which Babylon would be destroyed. It would not
decay slowly, and by natural causes, but it would not decay slow...
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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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PERFECTION. full measure....
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THESE TWO THINGS SHALL COME TO THEE— This prophesy was twice
fulfilled; having been accomplished the very night that Babylon was
taken, when the Persian slew the king himself, and a great number of
th...
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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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But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the
loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their
perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the grea...
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47:9 for (b-28) for (b-34) Or 'in spite of.'...
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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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PERFECTION FOR] 'full measure in spite of.' SORCERIES] Babylon was
renowned in the ancient world for astrology, and for the practice of
all kinds of magic....
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These verses continue to refer to Babylon as a woman....
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The loss of children probably refers to their death in battle. Or that
they would become prisoners in a foreign country.
• A widow had to depend upon her children for financial help. There
were no st...
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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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IN THEIR PERFECTION. — Better, _in their completeness._ She should
taste the full bitterness of widowhood and bereavement.
FOR THE MULTITUDE OF THY SORCERIES. — Better, _in spite of_ ......
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וְ תָבֹאנָה֩ לָּ֨ךְ שְׁתֵּי ־אֵ֥לֶּה
רֶ֛גַע ב
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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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But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the
loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their
(i) perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for t...
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_Two. The empire and the people shall be removed at once. ---
Enchanters; princes or magicians, who gave them evil counsel, ver.
12._...
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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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9._But those two things shall suddenly come to thee. _Because Babylon
supposed that she was beyond the reach of all danger, the Prophet
threatens against her very sore distress. When she said that she...
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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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BUT THESE TWO THINGS SHALL COME TO THEE IN A MOMENT ON ONE DAY,....
Suddenly, at once, at one and the same time. The destruction of
Babylon was very sudden; the city was taken by surprise, before the...
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But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the
loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their
perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the g...
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_These two things shall come to thee_ The very two things that thou
didst set at defiance; _loss of children and widowhood_ Both thy
princes and thy people shall be cut off, so that thou shalt be no m...
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but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, with
frightful suddenness, THE LOSS OF CHILDREN AND WIDOWHOOD, a total
bereavement; THEY, these two great trials, SHALL COME UPON THEE I...
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Babylon's Vain Attempt to Avert the Threatened Destruction...
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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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IN THEIR PERFECTION; in the highest degree. Thy king and kingdom shall
be utterly and eternally destroyed. FOR THE MULTITUDE OF THY
SORCERIES, AND FOR THE GREAT ABUNDANCE OF THINE ENCHANTMENTS; for th...
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“But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day,
The loss of children, and widowhood.
They will come on you in their full measure,
In spite of the multitude of your sorceries,
And th...
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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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_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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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; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Daniel
2:2;...
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Perfection — In the highest degree....