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Text -- Isaiah 47:5 (NET)
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Thro' grief and shame, as mourners use to do.
Calvin -> Isa 47:5
Calvin: Isa 47:5 - -- 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 there...
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 variety of expressions, and repeats what might have been said in a few words; and thus he brings forward those lively descriptions, in order to place the event, as it were, before their eyes. When he bids her “sit” and be “silent,” it is an indication of shame or disgrace. Yet this silence may be contrasted with her former condition, while she reigned; for at that time not only did she speak loudly and authoritatively, but she cried with a loud voice, and by her commands terrified the whole of the East. But now, in consequence of the change of her condition, he bids her “sit silent;” because not only will she not venture to utter terrific words, but she will not even venture to make a gentle sound. 223 But, since he adds, enter into darkness, I willingly adopt the former view, that it denotes shame; for they whose condition has been changed for the worse shut their mouth through shame, and scarcely venture to whisper.
For it shall no longer be We know that the Babylonian monarchy was very widely extended, and exercised dominion over large and numerous countries; for it was the chief of many kingdoms. On this account the captive people needed to be fortified by these promises, and to be forewarned of her fall, that they might entertain assured hope of deliverance
TSK -> Isa 47:5
TSK: Isa 47:5 - -- silent : Isa 13:20, Isa 14:23; 1Sa 2:9; Psa 31:17, Psa 46:10; Jer 25:10; Lam 1:1; Hab 2:20; Zec 2:13; Mat 22:12, Mat 22:13; Jud 1:13; Rev 18:21-24
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silent : Isa 13:20, Isa 14:23; 1Sa 2:9; Psa 31:17, Psa 46:10; Jer 25:10; Lam 1:1; Hab 2:20; Zec 2:13; Mat 22:12, Mat 22:13; Jud 1:13; Rev 18:21-24
for : After Babylon was taken by Cyrus, instead of being ""the lady of kingdoms,""the metropolis of a great empire, and mistress of all the East, it became subject to the Persians; and the imperial seat being removed to Susa, instead of having a king, it had only a deputy residing there, who governed it as a province of the Persian empire. Isa 47:7, Isa 13:19, Isa 14:4; Dan 2:37, Dan 2:38; Rev 17:3-5, Rev 17:18, Rev 18:7, Rev 18:16-19
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Barnes -> Isa 47:5
Barnes: Isa 47:5 - -- Sit thou silent - The same general sentiment is expressed here as in the preceding verses, though the figure is changed. In Isa 47:1-3, Babylon...
Sit thou silent - The same general sentiment is expressed here as in the preceding verses, though the figure is changed. In Isa 47:1-3, Babylon is represented under the image of a frivolous and delicately-reared female, suddenly reduced from her exalted station, and compelled to engage in the most menial and laborious employment. Here she is represented as in a posture of mourning. To sit in silence is emblematic of deep sorrow, or affliction (see Lam 2:10): ‘ The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and keep silence, they have cast up dust upon their heads;’ - see the note at Isa 3:26 : ‘ And she (Jerusalem) being desolate shall sit upon the ground;’ Job 2:13 : ‘ So they (the three friends of Job) sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him, for they saw that his grief was very great.’ Compare Ezr 9:4.
Get thee into darkness - That is, into a place of mourning. Persons greatly afflicted, almost as a matter of course, shut out the light from their dwellings, as emblematic of their feelings. This is common even in this country - and particularly in the city in which I write where the universal custom prevails of making a house dark during the time of mourning. Nature prompts to this, for there is an obvious similarity between darkness and sorrow. That this custom also prevailed in the East is apparent (see Lam 3:2): ‘ He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light;’ Mic. 8:8: ‘ When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.’ The idea is, that Babylon would be brought to desolation, and have occasion of sorrow, like a delicately-trained female suddenly deprived of children Isa 47:9, and that she would seek a place of darkness and silence where she might fully indulge her grief.
O daughter of the Chaldeans - (See the notes at Isa 47:1).
For thou shalt no more be called The lady of kingdoms - The magnificence, splendor, beauty, and power, which have given occasion to this appellation, and which have led the nations by common consent to give it to thee, shall be entirely and forever removed. The appellation, ‘ lady of kingdoms.’ is equivalent to that so often used of Rome, as ‘ the mistress of the world;’ and the idea is, that Babylon sustained by its power and splendor the relation of mistress, and that all other cities were regarded as servants, or as subordinate.
Poole -> Isa 47:5
Poole: Isa 47:5 - -- 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 t...
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 darkness thou shalt go into an obscure, disconsolate, and calamitous condition.
Thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms the chief and glory of all kingdoms, as Isa 13:19 , the most large, and potent, and glorious empire of the world, as thou hast been.
Gill -> Isa 47:5
Gill: Isa 47:5 - -- 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 a...
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 deep silence in it, no voice to be heard, the inhabitants being gone, and no discourse concerning it; no more talked of and celebrated for its magnificence and authority, trade and riches, but buried in oblivion. It is represented as sitting in silence, either as a mourner, or as one that is free among the dead, remembered no more:
and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; meaning either captivity or imprisonment, prison houses being dark; or into the state of the dead, which is a state of darkness:
for thou shall no more be called the lady of kingdoms; the mistress or governess of them, as she had been, having subdued many kingdoms and nations, and added them to her monarchy, which now would be at an end. Thus mystical Babylon, or Rome, has reigned over the kings of the earth, and has been mistress over many nations; but the time is coming when she will sit in silence, and no voice will be heard in her; and when the kingdom of the beast will be full of darkness, Rev 17:15.
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TSK Synopsis -> Isa 47:1-15
TSK Synopsis: Isa 47:1-15 - --1 God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea,6 for their unmercifulness,7 pride,10 and overboldness,11 shall be irresistible.
MHCC -> Isa 47:1-6
MHCC: Isa 47:1-6 - --Babylon is represented under the emblem of a female in deep distress. She was to be degraded and endure sufferings; and is represented sitting on the ...
Matthew Henry -> Isa 47:1-6
Matthew Henry: Isa 47:1-6 - -- In these verses God by the prophet sends a messenger even to Babylon, like that of Jonah to Nineveh: "The time is at hand when Babylon shall be dest...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Isa 47:5-7
Keil-Delitzsch: Isa 47:5-7 - --
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