Isaiah 47:3
The shame of your unclothed condition will be seen by all: I will give punishment without mercy,
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4Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41If I make sharp my shining sword, and my hand is outstretched for judging, I will give punishment to those who are against me, and their right reward to my haters.
Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.
Isaiah 34:1Come near, you nations, and give ear; take note, you peoples: let the earth and everything in it give ear; the world and all those living in it.
Isaiah 59:17Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.
Jeremiah 13:22And if you say in your heart, Why have these things come on me? because of the number of your sins, your skirts have been uncovered and violent punishment overtakes you.
Jeremiah 50:27Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 47:2-7
Babylon Threatened. ( b. c. 708.) 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. 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. 4 As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the… Read the whole commentary →