"For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverteda thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me."
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FOR THOU HAST TRUSTED IN THY WICKEDNESS - The word ‘wickedness’
here refers doubtless to the pride, arrogance, ambition, and
oppressions of Babylon. It means, that she had supposed that she was
able b...
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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. _...
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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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TRUSTED. confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....
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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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For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth
me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou
hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
FOR...
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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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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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FOR THOU HAST TRUSTED IN THY WICKEDNESS... — Babylon, like other
nations that have followed in her steps, took for its law that Might
was Right, practically denied the existence of a Ruler who saw and...
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וַ תִּבְטְחִ֣י בְ רָעָתֵ֗ךְ
אָמַרְתְּ֙ אֵ֣ין רֹאָ֔נִי
חָכְמָתֵ֥ךְ וְ דַעְתֵּ֖ךְ הִ֣יא
שֹׁובְבָ֑תֶךְ וַ תֹּאמְרִ֣י
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1
CHAPTER IX
FOUR POINTS OF A TRUE RELIGION
Isaiah 43:1 - Isaiah 48:1
WE have now surveyed the governing truths of Isaiah 40:1; Isaia
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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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For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth
me. Thy (k) wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou
hast said in thy heart, I [am], and none else besides me.
(k...
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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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10._For thou trustedst. _He explains what he said in the preceding
verse, though it may be extended further, so as to be a censure of the
fraud and oppression and violence and unjust practices by whic...
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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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FOR THOU HAST TRUSTED IN THY WICKEDNESS,.... In wealth and power
wickedly obtained; in political schemes wickedly contrived; in her
ambition and pride, tyranny and cruelty; and especially in her wicke...
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For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth
me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou
hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.
Ver....
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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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perverted thee:
Or, caused thee to turn away...
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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 wi...
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THOU HAST TRUSTED IN THY WICKEDNESS; confidently expecting to preserve
thyself by these and other wicked arts and policies. Thou hast said,
NONE SEETH ME; my counsels are so deeply and cunningly laid,...
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Isaiah 47:10 trusted H982 (H8799) wickedness H7451 said H559 (H8804)
sees H7200 (H8802) wisdom H2451 knowledge H1847 warped H7725 (H8790)
said H559 (H8799) heart H3820 else H657
thou hast trusted - I...
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“For you have trusted in your wickedness.
You have said, ‘No one sees me.'
Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you,
And you have said in your heart, ‘I am and there is none else beside...
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TRUSTED
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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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 ho...
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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 considerati...
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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 (Isaiah
47:1); the second of three (Isaiah 47:5)...
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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 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 3:19; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Ezekiel
28:2; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9; Isaiah 28:15; Isaiah 29:15; Isaiah
47:8;...
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Trusted — Confidently expecting to preserve thyself by these and
other wicked arts. None seeth — My counsels are so deeply laid.
Perverted — Hath misled thee into the way of perdition. None seeth
— Wh...