Isaiah 47:3

Isaiah 47:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
• New International Version (NIV)Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your disgrace shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will spare no one.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your nakedness shall be uncovered, Yes, your shame will be seen; I will take vengeance, And I will not arbitrate with a man.”

Context of Isaiah 47:3

1“Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground [in abject humiliation]; there is no throne for you, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For you will no longer be called tender and delicate. 2Take millstones [as a female slave does] and grind meal; Remove your veil, strip off the skirt, Uncover the leg, cross the rivers [at the command of your captors]. Your nakedness will be uncovered, Your shame will also be exposed; I will take vengeance and will spare no man.” 4Our Redeemer [will do all this], the Lord of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel. 5“Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For you will no longer be called The queen of kingdoms.

Isaiah 47:3 word by word

תִּגָּל֙ עֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ גַּ֥ם תֵּרָאֶ֖ה חֶרְפָּתֵ֑ךְ נָקָ֣ם אֶקָּ֔ח וְלֹ֥א אֶפְגַּ֖ע אָדָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy nakednessעֶרְוָה‛ervâh · nakednessH6172
• shall be uncoveredגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: uncoverH1540
• yea, thy shameחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• shall be seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• I will takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• vengeanceנָקָםnâqâm · vengeanceH5359
• and I will not meetפָּגַעpâga‛ · to fall onH6293
• a manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120

Cross-references for Isaiah 47:3

• Isaiah 34:1Come near, you nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples! Let the earth and all that is in it hear, and the world and all that comes forth from it.
• Isaiah 59:17For He [the Lord] put on righteousness like a coat of armor, And salvation like a helmet on His head; He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And covered Himself with zeal [and great love for His people] as a cloak.
• Isaiah 63:4For the day of vengeance [against ungodliness] was in My heart, And My year of redemption [of those who put their trust in Me—the year of My redeemed] has come.
• Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of their disaster is at hand, And their doom hurries to meet them.’
• Psalms 94:1O Lord God, You to whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth [in judgment]!
• Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, you devastator, How blessed will be the one Who repays you [with destruction] as you have repaid us.
• Jeremiah 13:22And if you [wonder and] say in your heart, ‘Why have these things happened to me?’ It is because of the greatness and nature of your sin That your skirts have been pulled away [subjecting you to public disgrace] And [like a barefoot slave] your heels have been wounded.
• Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls [her strength—her young men]; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe (judgment is coming) to the Chaldeans, for their day has come, The time of their punishment.
• Jeremiah 51:4They shall fall down dead in the land of the Chaldeans, And wounded in her streets.”
• Romans 12:19Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the way open for God’s wrath [and His judicial righteousness]; for it is written [in Scripture], “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
• Hebrews 10:30For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine [retribution and the deliverance of justice rest with Me], I will repay [the wrongdoer].” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
• Nahum 3:5“Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of hosts, “And I will lift up your skirts over your face, And I will let the nations look at your nakedness [O Nineveh] And the kingdoms at your disgrace.
• Revelation 6:9When He (the Lamb) broke open the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained [out of loyalty to Christ].
• Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And God kept in mind Babylon the great, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce and furious wrath.
• Revelation 18:5for her sins (crimes, transgressions) have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her wickedness and crimes [for judgment].

Commentaries on Isaiah 47:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I will not meet thee as a man "Neither will I suffer man to intercede with me" - The verb should be pointed, or written, אפגיע aphgia, in Hiphil.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Thy nakedness - This denotes the abject condition to which the city would be reduced. All its pride would be taken away; and it would be brought to such a state as to fill its inhabitants with the deepest mortification and shame. Vitringa supposes that it means, that all the imbecility and weakness; the vileness; the real poverty; the cruelty and injustice of Babylon, would be exposed. But it more probably means, that it would be reduced to the deepest…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God will bring justice to the world by punishing those who oppose him and oppress his people (see Isaiah 34:8). This will remove wickedness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. not meet ... as a man--rather, "I will not meet a man," that is, suffer man to intercede with me--give man an audience [Horsley]. Or, "I will not make peace with any man," before all are destroyed. Literally, "strike a league with"; a phrase arising from the custom of striking hands together in making a compact [Maurer], (see on Pr 17:18; Pr 22:26; 11:15, Margin). Or else from striking the victims sacrificed in making treaties.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Captive
• Naked
• Sport
• Wroth
• Isaiah
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Saviour
• Shame
• avenge, avenger, revenge, vengeance

Commentaries on Isaiah 47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings