Isaiah 47:3

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 me" - The verb should be pointed, or written, אפגיע aphgia, in Hiphil.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 hu...
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 bid...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

not meet thee as. man . not accept or regard any man.
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...
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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will take vengeance— These are the words of the God of Israel, whose province it is to take vengeance. The phrase, I will not meet thee as a man...
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 (th...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Will not meet, etc.] RV 'will accept no man,' i.e. none shall be spared.
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 fu...
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 bodi...
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...
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 tak...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Babylon Threatened. B. C. 708. 1 Come...
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...
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 lo...
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 con...
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 h...
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 stre...
The Biblical Illustrator

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered Mental and moral nakedness Every person hath somewhat which may properly be called his nakedness or shame, in...
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 stanza...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Humiliation of the Daughter of Babylon
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen, a figurative expression for exposing the hidden wickedness of Babylonia. I will take...
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 ; Jer...
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 gentl...

³ Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 47:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 47:3