Isaiah 47:3
You will be seen naked; what should be kept private will be shamefully exposed. I will take vengeance—I won't spare anyone.
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4Our Redeemer—his name is the Lord Almighty—is the Holy One of Israel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41when I sharpen my shining sword and pick it up to execute judgment, I will repay my enemies and punish those who hate me as they deserve.
Psalms 137:8Daughter of Babylon, you will be destroyed! Happy is the one who pays you back, who does to you what you did to us!
Isaiah 34:1Come close, you nations, and listen! You peoples, pay attention! Hear these words everyone who lives on earth, and all that comes from it!
Isaiah 59:17He put on integrity as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on clothes of vengeance and wrapped himself with determination as a cloak.
Jeremiah 13:22If you say to yourself, Why has this happened to me? it's because you have been so wicked. That's why your skirts were stripped off and you were raped.
Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls with the sword; let them be slaughtered. What a disaster for them, because their time has come when they're punished.
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 →