Isaiah 47:3
Bared shall be thy shame, Yea seen thy reproach,—An avenging, will I take, And will accept no son of earth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts, is his name! The Holy One of Israel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take hold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And them who hate me, will I requite:
Psalms 137:8O ruined daughter of Babylon,—how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!
Isaiah 34:1Come near ye nations to hear, And, ye races, attend,—Let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof, The world and all things produced therefrom:
Isaiah 59:17And he put on Righteousness as a coat of mail, And a helmet of victory upon his head,—And he put on the garments of avenging, for clothing, And wrapped about him as a cloak—jealousy,
Jeremiah 13:22But if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore have these things befallen me? For the greatness of thine iniquity have Thy skirts been turned aside Thy heels suffered violence!
Jeremiah 50:27Cut up all her bullocks, Let them go down to the slaughter,—Alas for them! For their day, hath come, Their time for 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 →