Isaiah 47

Isaiah 47:1

COme down] thou shalt be beaten down from thy great and flourishing Empire: and shalt never have any power to rise again, see Jeremiah 48:18. Uirgin] the Scripture calleth often so those Nations and States which had continued as they were at the first under their naturall Princes, and had never been subdued nor conquered by others There is no] namely, for thee, nor for thy Nation, for after the taking of Babylon by Cyrus, the Chaldean Empire did never rise again, though the City subsisted a long time after.

Isaiah 47:2

Take the] thou shalt be brought into subjection, and as a slave shalt grind at the hand-mils, Exodus 11:6. Judges 16:21. Math. 24. 41. Uncover] like unto bond-women, which went with their haire loose and bare-foot, Isa. 20. 24. Passe over] to goe into captivity into a far Country.

Isaiah 47:3

Shall be] an ordinary disgrace done to women prisoners, see upon Isaiah 20:4. Jeremiah 13:22; Jeremiah 13:26. Will not meet thee] I wil use thee as an enemy in wrath, and as God in my power without any moderation, see 2 Samuel 7:14. Isa. 13. 6. & 27. 7, 8.

Isaiah 47:5

Sit] lay downe thy pomp, and pride, and bring thy selfe into a vile and abject state.

Isaiah 47:6

Polluted] I tooke away from her all that should make her holy and inviolable, namely, my presence, grace, and vertue, and did use her like unto a prophane and uncleane thing, seeIsa. 43. 28. Thou didst shew] thou didst mixe thine owne proper passions of cruelty, and inhumanity, with the execution of my judgements, and didst not take example by me, to use mercy and clemency, see Psal. 69. 26. The ancient] under which name are comprehended all other wretched persons, see Deuteronomy 28:50.

Isaiah 47:9

The losse of] by children he seems to meane the people, and by the husband, the King For the multitude] that is to say, notwithstanding all thy divellish arts, which thou makest use of to keepe thy selfe up. For sorcery was frequent amongst the Chaldeans, Dan. 2. 2. & 5. 7. and Southsayers did beare a great sway in the publique government, vers. 13.

Isaiah 47:10

None seeth] I know no Godhead to whom I should give any account Thy wisedome] namely, these unlawful arts, which thou hast termed wisedome, in which thou hast trusted.

Isaiah 47:11

It riseth] Heb. the morning thereof, by which may also be understood the day in which it should happen.

Isaiah 47:12

Stand now] a scoffe for the Chaldeans vaine confidence.

Isaiah 47:14

They shall be] that is to say, both they, and their accursed arts perished and could not save themselves, nor bring any ease or remedy for others, like a fire of Flax which quickly goeth out, and leaves no embers behind it.

Isaiah 47:15

Merchants] namely, strangers, who had any trading of states businesse with thee, see Revel. 18. 11.