Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 47:6
6I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
Isaiah 47:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I was angry with my people; I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand; you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
Context of Isaiah 47:6
4The Holy One of Israel is our Redeemer; The Lord of Armies is his name. 5“Daughter Chaldea, sit in silence and go into darkness. For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms. I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly. 7You said, ‘I will be the queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or think about their outcome. 8“So now hear this, lover of luxury, who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is no one else. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’
Read all of Isaiah 47Isaiah 47:6 word by word
קָצַ֣פְתִּי עַל־עַמִּ֗י חִלַּ֙לְתִּי֙ נַחֲלָתִ֔י וָאֶתְּנֵ֖ם בְּיָדֵ֑ךְ לֹא־שַׂ֤מְתְּ לָהֶם֙ רַחֲמִ֔ים עַל־זָקֵ֕ן הִכְבַּ֥דְתְּ עֻלֵּ֖ךְ מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I was wrothקָצַףqâtsaph · be angryH7107
- with my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- I have pollutedחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
- mine inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- and givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- them into thine handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
- thou didst shewשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- them no mercyרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
- upon the ancientזָקֵןzâqên · oldH2205
- hast thou veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
- heavilyכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
- laid thy yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
Cross-references for Isaiah 47:6
- Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will command him to go against a people destined for my rage, to take spoils, to plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob to the robber, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord? Have we not sinned against him? They were not willing to walk in his ways, and they would not listen to his instruction.
- 2 Samuel 24:14David answered Gad, “I have great anxiety. Please, let us fall into the Lord’s hands because his mercies are great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”
- 2 Chronicles 28:9A prophet of the Lord named Oded was there. He went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, “Look, the Lord God of your ancestors handed them over to you because of his wrath against Judah, but you slaughtered them in a rage that has reached heaven.
- Psalms 69:26For they persecute the one you struck and talk about the pain of those you wounded.
- Zechariah 1:15I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made the destruction worse.
- Isaiah 43:28So I defiled the officers of the sanctuary, and set Jacob apart for destruction and Israel for scorn.
- Lamentations 2:2Without compassion the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In his wrath he has demolished the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He brought them to the ground and defiled the kingdom and its leaders.
- Ezekiel 24:21Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 28:16Through the abundance of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I expelled you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and banished you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
- Isaiah 13:16Their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted, and their wives raped.
- Isaiah 14:17who turned the world into a wilderness, who destroyed its cities and would not release the prisoners to return home?”
- Matthew 7:2For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use.
- James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Deuteronomy 28:50a ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and not sparing the young.
Commentaries on Isaiah 47:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I was wroth with my people - God, in the course of his providence, makes use of great conquerors and tyrants as his instruments to execute his judgments in the earth; he employs one wicked nation to scourge another. The inflicter of the punishment may perhaps be as culpable as the sufferer; and may add to his guilt by indulging his cruelty in executing God's justice. When he has fulfilled the work to which the Divine vengeance has ordained him, he will…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I was worth with my people - In this verse and the following, a reason is assigned why God would deal so severely with her. One of the reasons was, that in executing the punishment which he had designed on the Jewish people, she had done it with pride, ambition, and severity; so that though God intended they should be punished, yet the feelings of Babylon in doing it, were such also as to deserve his decided rebuke and wrath. I have polluted mine…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The people of Israel had provoked God’s wrath, prompting him to use Babylon to punish them. Now wicked Babylon itself would be punished.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. reason for God's vengeance on Babylon: in executing God's will against His people, she had done so with wanton cruelty (Is 10:5, &c.; Jr 50:17; 51:33; Zec 1:15). polluted my inheritance--(Is 43:28). the ancient--Even old age was disregarded by the Chaldeans, who treated all alike with cruelty (La 4:16; 5:12) [Rosenmuller]. Or, "the ancient" means Israel, worn out with calamities in the latter period of its history (Is 46:4), as its earlier stage of…Read the comment
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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
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