Isa 47:1 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XLVII The destruction of Babylon is denounced by a beautiful selection of circumstances, in which her prosperous is contrasted with her adverse condition. She is represented as a tender and delicate female reduced to the work and abject condition of a slave, and bereaved of every consolation , 1-4. And that on account of her cruelty, particularly to God's people, her pride, voluptuousness, sorceries, and incantations , 5-11. The folly of these last practices elegantly exposed by the prophet , 12-15. It is worthy of observation that almost all the imagery of this chapter is applied in the book of the Revelation, (in nearly the same words,) to the antitype of the illustrious capital of the Chaldean empire, viz. , Babylon the GREAT. NOTES ON CHAP. XLVII Verse 1. Come down, and set in the dust -"Descend, and sit on the dust"] , and on "Isa 52:2" .

‏ Isaiah 47:1

CHAPTER XLVII

The destruction of Babylon is denounced by a beautiful selection of circumstances, in which her prosperous is contrasted with her adverse condition. She is represented as a tender and delicate female reduced to the work and abject condition of a slave, and bereaved of every consolation, 1-4.

And that on account of her cruelty, particularly to God's people, her pride, voluptuousness, sorceries, and incantations,

5-11.

The folly of these last practices elegantly exposed by the prophet, 12-15.

It is worthy of observation that almost all the imagery of this chapter is applied in the book of the Revelation, (in nearly the same words,) to the antitype of the illustrious capital of the Chaldean empire, viz., Babylon the GREAT.

NOTES ON CHAP. XLVII

Verse 1. Come down, and set in the dust-"Descend, and sit on the dust"] See Clarke on Isa 3:26, and on "Isa 52:2".