Isaiah 47:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 47

⁵Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

Isaiah 47:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Revelation 18:16-19
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! …
Isaiah 47:7
And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
Isaiah 47:1
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Jude 1:13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Topics

Ambition Arrogance Conceit Haughtiness Heart Presumption Pride Proud

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 destroyed.” Fair warning is thus given her, that she may by repentance prevent the ruin and there may be a lengthening of her tranquility. We may observe here, I. God’s controversy with Babylon. We will begin with that, for there all the calamity begins; s…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. Sit--the posture of mourning (Ezr 9:4; Job 2:13; La 2:10). darkness--mourning and misery (La 3:2; Mi 7:8). lady of kingdoms--mistress of the world (Is 13:19).