Isaiah 47:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. ”

Isaiah 47:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy nakedness - This denotes the abject condition to which the city would be reduced. All its pride would be taken away; and it would be brought to such a state as to fill its inhabitants with th...
Isaiah 47:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a (e) man. (e) I will use no humanity nor pity toward you.
Isaiah 47:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Taunt-Song of Triumph on the Fall of Babylon. Isaiah 47:1-7 . Babylon, erroneously personified as a virgin, as if never before captured, is bidden descend from the effeminate ease of her throne...
Isaiah 47:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

not meet thee as. man . not accept or regard any man.
Isaiah 47:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Thy baseness shall be discovered. This is the conclusion of the former statement. So long as Babylon was in a flourishing condition, she preserved her reputation, and was highly honored;...
Isaiah 47:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. I will not meet thee as a man "Neither will I suffer man to intercede with...
Isaiah 47:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Come down, and sit in the dust, &c.— The prophet here commands Babylon to assume the habit and forms of the most abject state, most opposite to that state of honour and glory in which she had l...
Isaiah 47:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. I will not meet (thee as) a man - whose compassion thou mightest move...
Isaiah 47:3 - 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.
Isaiah 47:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will not meet thee as a man. — The words in italics show that the phrase is difficult. Omitting them we get I shall not meet a man, i.e., there will be none to oppose me, or I will not spare a...
Isaiah 47:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 CHAPTER IX FOUR POINTS OF A TRUE RELIGION Isaiah 43:1-28 - Isaiah 48:1-22 WE have now surveyed the...
Isaiah 47:3 - 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, mag...
Isaiah 47:3 - 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 p...
Isaiah 47:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If we read these verses with an eye to the history of Babylon, as a people, we shall find, that the threatenings here denounced were all literally fulfilled: Babylon, which had conquered all nations,...
Isaiah 47:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen ,.... Not only stripped of their garments, and have nothing to cover their naked bodies, being spoiled of all by the soldiers; but shou...
Isaiah 47:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a man. Ver. 3. Thy nakedness shall be uncovered. ] Thou shalt be stripped, and...
Isaiah 47:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered Either for want of raiment to cover it, or rather, by thine enemies in the way of scorn and contumely. I will take vengeance Upon thee, for thy many and great inj...
Isaiah 47:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Babylon Threatened. B. C. 708. 1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Ba...
Isaiah 47:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered; either, 1. For want of raiment to cover it; or rather, 2. By thine enemies in way of scorn and contumely, by comparing this place with Ezekiel 16:37 , Ezeki...
Isaiah 47:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 you will no longer be called tender and delicate. Take the mill...
Isaiah 47:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

A DREADFUL MEETING Isaiah 47:3 . I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man . Little did Babylon think with whom she now had to contend. This was no empty threat. It was carried int...
Isaiah 47:3 - 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...
Isaiah 47:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Come down, and sit in the dust Dirge on the downfall of Babylon: Babylon is pictured as a royal lady, dethroned, led in captivity over the streams to a distant land, and there made the meanest...
Isaiah 47:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 47:1-23 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 47:1-23 );...
Isaiah 47:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Humiliation of the Daughter of Babylon
Isaiah 47:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Deuteronomy 32:41-43 ; Hebrews 10:30 ; Hebrews 10:31 ; Isaiah 34:1-8 ; Isaiah 59:17 ; Isaiah 59:18 ; Isaiah 63:4-6 ; Jeremiah 13:22 ; Jeremiah 13:26 ; Jeremiah 50:27 ;...
Isaiah 47:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Uncovered — Either for want of raiment to cover it; or rather, by thine enemies in way of scorn and contumely. As a man — With moderation and gentleness, as those men who have not quite put off hum...

Isaiah 47:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 47:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 47:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 47:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 47:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 47:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 47:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 47:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 47:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 47:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 47:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 47:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 47:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 47:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 47:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes