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Isaiah 47:5

47:5

silently <01748> [silent.]

longer <03254> [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.


Isaiah 52:2

52:2

Shake <05287> [Shake.]

Get <06965> [arise.]

The common mode of sitting in the East is upon the floor, with the legs crossed; and when sitting is spoken of as a posture of more than ordinary state, it means sitting on high, on a chair of state, or throne.

iron <06605> [loose.]




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