Ok, after spending a chapter telling the israelites about a future messiah not the one, but a one wholl rescue the israelites from the babylonian captivity, where should isaiah go from here. Infinite wisdom could have ordered things so that israel might have been released and yet babylon unhurt. Chapter 47 page 726 the book of the prophet isaiah king. Matthew martin with sore throat teaching the first chapter of isaiah as part of the versebyverse study of the book. You can break isaiah down into roughly three parts. The book of isaiah, chapter 47 offers free online access to study passages and verses contained in the holy scriptures of the douay rheims version of the catholic bible. Compare your subject divisions with the five translations above. Even from the first chapter, it is clear that the people have turned away from god and failed in their responsibilities as his children isaiah 1. The lady of kingdoms isaiah 47 may 14 united church of god. Isaiah 47 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the church of christ, presents a verse level look at the bible. This chapter is a prophecy of the destruction of babylon.
Speak ye comfortably to jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. Quick study weekend, isaiah 4753 you sold yourselves july 1516, 2017 duration. Book of isaiah overview insight for living ministries. Gods powerful salvation a motive to obedience, ver. The paperback bible presents the bible by the book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations. Study guide for isaiah 47 by david guzik blue letter bible.
Chapter 47 the fall of babylon 1 come down, sit in the dust, virgin daughter babylon. Isaiah 47, new living translation nlt the bible app. Jfb commentary on isaiah chapter 47 christians unite. Isaiah 47 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole.
Nation after nation receives prophecies of gloom and doom. The first part proto isaiah prophesies death and destruction, but keeps lightening it up with cheery prophecies of a good and holy kingdom at the end of time. Next chapter of isaiah the book of isaiah, chapter 47 we hope that you find the content of the book of isaiah, chapter 47 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. The assyrians, we may recall, sacked babylon in 689 b. Isaiah now pictures babylon as a deposed queen who can do no more that sit in the dust. Behold, god is my salvation, i will trust and not be afraid isaiah 12.
Every one of the major prophets contain an account of the fall of babylon. As a whole, the book is a rather large collection of writings that were produced by a number of different authors, some of whom were separated by relatively long periods of time. Isaiah 47 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. In any case isaiah had a fairly free entry to the kings court in jerusalem is. I thank god for salvation yesteryear and salvation today. Isaiah 47 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. Next chapter of isaiah the book of isaiah, chapter 41 we hope that you find the content of the book of isaiah, chapter 41 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. Isaiah 47 is the fortyseventh chapter of the book of isaiah in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible.
The book of isaiah, as it now appears in our old testament, contains far more than can be attributed to the prophet. The lord, through isaiah, had already denounced the idols of that great city and had foretold their worthlessness and impotence for providing any kind of assistance to the city in the time of her calamity. Here in the second half of his book, chapter 47, isaiah expands on that prophecy. Uzziah called azariah in 2 kings, jotham, ahaz, and hezekiah 1. Strip off your skirt, bare your legs, cross through the streams. In fact, isaiah has already given us a prophecy concerning babylon in the first half of his book, chapter. Remove your veil, tie up your skirt, bare your legs, cross the rivers. Isaiah institute 7 gods servant in the prophecy of isaiah avraham gileadi. Isaiah was married and had two sons by the names of shearjashub hebr. He spares them for his names sake, and that they may learn to know him aright, ver.
For a comprehensive study of the passage, download the study guided pdf download. Assyria, edom, ephraim, babylonia, moabyou name it, its getting the snacktime cabbage patch kid treatment. Isaiah 47 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. I will take vengeance, and i will not meet judge thee as a man. Paragraphing is not inspired, but it is the key to following the original authors intent, which is the heart of interpretation. Isaiah, the son of amoz, ministered in and around jerusalem as a prophet to judah during the reigns of 4 kings of judah. Isaiah 47 niv bible go down, sit in the dust, virgin. The second part of isaiah part of protoisaiah and most of deuteroisaiahthe latter of which includes chapters 4055 or so is much more revved up and eager to see some carnage. The holy bible book 43 john kjv dramatized audio duration. Isaiah with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame.
My sins are forgiven through jesus thereby my name is written in the book, so i shall be at the. The word of the lord that came to jeremiah the prophet against the philistines, before pharaoh attacked gaza. The fall of babylon is a pivotal event in the bible. Quick study weekend, isaiah 47 53 you sold yourselves july 1516, 2017 duration. God reproves their hypocrisy and obstinacy by his prophecies, ver. Thus saith the lord to his anointed, to cyrus, whose right hand i have holden, to subdue nations before him. Sit on the ground, dethroned, daughter of the chaldeans. Joycelyn mack on isaiah 47 i believed even though god was wrath with israel, he put them in the hands of the chaldean because he saw good in them in spite of. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from assyria, and from egypt, and from pathros, and from cush, and from elam, and from shinar, and from hamath, and from the islands of the sea. Dec 18, 20 matthew martin with sore throat teaching the first chapter of isaiah as part of the versebyverse study of the book. Let me start by considering this issue from isaiahs perspective. Isaiah s overall theme receives its clearest statement in chapter 12. Isaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of gods judgment and salvation.
Isaiah chapter 40 kjv king james version thank you donna, what you shared from your heart is very very true. Prediction of babylons fallcome down, virgin daughter of babylon, and sit in the dust. Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, let them save you from what is coming upon you. Because of its scope, isaiah contains one of the clearest expressions of the gospel in all the old testament. Sit on the ground, no throne, daughter of the chaldaeans, for never again will you be called tender and delicate. However, the portrayal of babylon in this chapter shows her to be preeminent over the. This echoes the meaning of isaiah s name, which means the salvation of yahweh.
Come down, and sit in the dust, o virgin daughter of babylon, sit on the ground. All the counsel you have received has only worn you out. Isaiah, chapter 44 king james version christian answers. Remember that at the time isaiah wrote, babylon was still subject to the assyrian empire. In the first sample for isaiah chapter 47, the lord makes a connection to the 47 th book of the bible with mans sin being uncovered as nakedness before god isaiah 47 3 thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen.
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