Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people. 2 I profaned my inheritance, 2 and gave them into your hand. 1 You showed them no rachamim ·merciful loves·. 2 You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged. 1

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In The King James Version

I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

In Context

5“Sit in silence, and go into darkness, 2 daughter of the Chaldeans [Descendants of Loving-kindness]. 1 For you shall no longer be called 2 the mistress of kingdoms. 1

7You said, ‘I will be a princess forever;’ 2 so that you did not lay these things to your heart, 2 nor did you remember the results. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:50a nation of fierce facial expressions, that does not respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young,

Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him an enjoinment to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 14:17who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn’t release his prisoners to their home?”

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 →

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