Isaiah 47:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. ”

Isaiah 47:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sit thou silent - The same general sentiment is expressed here as in the preceding verses, though the figure is changed. In Isaiah 47:1-3 , Babylon is represented under the image of a frivolous...
Isaiah 47:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(g) Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. (g) For shame, and hide yourself.
Isaiah 47:5 - 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 47:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lady of kingdoms . mistress of the kingdoms. The king of Babylon called himself "the King Vicar" Compare Ezekiel 26:7 ; Daniel 2:37 . So the popes name themselves, and are so addressed when crowne...
Isaiah 47:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Sit silent. He continues the same subject, and shews that the end of the Babylonian monarchy is at hand. As this appeared to be incredible, he therefore repeats the same thing by a variet...
Isaiah 47:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
Isaiah 47:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Sit thou silent, &c.— See ch. Isaiah 13:19 Isaiah 14:4 . Bishop Newton observes, that after this destruction Babylon never recovered its ancient splendor: From an imperial it became a tribut...
Isaiah 47:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. Sit thou silent - the posture of mourning ( Ezra 9:4 ; Job 2...
Isaiah 47:5 - 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 47:5 - 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 47:5 - 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 47:5 - 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 47:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The subject is again resumed at this verse, and, under the image of Babylon, the silence and darkness, in which the enemies of God and of his Christ shall be finally shut up, are set forth.
Isaiah 47:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Sit thou silent ,.... Here the speech is directed again to Babylon, which used to be a place of noise and hurry, as well as famous and much talked of all the world over; but now there should be a de...
Isaiah 47:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. Ver. 5. Sit thou silent. ] Here he threateneth Babylon with loss o...
Isaiah 47:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Sit thou silent Through grief and shame, and as mourners used to do, Job 2:13 . Cease thy vaunting and insolent speeches. And get thee into darkness Thou shalt go into an obscure, disconsolate,...
Isaiah 47:5 - 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 47:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Sit thou silent, through grief and shame, and as mourners use to do, Job 2:13 . Cease thy vaunting and insolent speeches; thou canst say nothing for thine own justification. Get thee into darkn...
Isaiah 47:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Sit there silently, and get into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For you will no more be called ‘the Lady of the kingdoms'.' Here Babylon is depicted as being degraded and becoming like a l...
Isaiah 47:5 - 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 47:5 - 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 47:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Humiliation of the Daughter of Babylon
Isaiah 47:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:9 ; Daniel 2:37 ; Daniel 2:38 ; Habakkuk 2:20 ; Isaiah 13:19 ; Isaiah 13:20 ; Isaiah 14:23 ; Isaiah 14:4 ; Isaiah 47:7 ; Jeremiah 25:10 ; Jude 1:13 ; Lamentations 1:1 ; Matthe...
Isaiah 47:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Silent — Thro' grief and shame, as mourners use to do. The lady — The chief and glory of all kingdoms.

Isaiah 47:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 47:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 47:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 47:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 47:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 47:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 47:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 47:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 47:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 47:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 47:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 47:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 47:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes