New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 47:6
6I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage And gave them into your hand. You did not show mercy to them, On the 1aged you made your yoke very heavy.
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
4Our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel. 5“Sit silently, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For you will no longer be called The queen of kingdoms. I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage And gave them into your hand. You did not show mercy to them, On the aged you made your yoke very heavy. 7Yet you said, ‘I will be a queen forever.’ These things you did not consider Nor remember the outcome of them. 8“Now, then, hear this, you sensual one, Who dwells securely, Who says in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a widow, Nor know loss of children.’
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קָצַ֣פְתִּי עַל־עַמִּ֗י חִלַּ֙לְתִּי֙ נַחֲלָתִ֔י וָאֶתְּנֵ֖ם בְּיָדֵ֑ךְ לֹא־שַׂ֤מְתְּ לָהֶם֙ רַחֲמִ֔ים עַל־זָקֵ֕ן הִכְבַּ֥דְתְּ עֻלֵּ֖ךְ מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
- I was angryקָצַףqâtsaph · be angryH7107
- with My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- I profanedחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
- My heritageנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- And gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- them into your handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
- You did not showשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- mercyרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
- agedזָקֵןzâqên · oldH2205
- you madeכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
- your yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
- veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
- heavyכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
Cross-references for Isaiah 47:6
- Isaiah 10:6I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture booty and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
- Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned, And in whose ways they were not willing to walk, And whose law they did not obey?
- 2 Samuel 24:14Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us now fall into the hand of the Lord for His mercies are great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”
- 2 Chronicles 28:9But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army which came to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has even reached heaven.
- Psalms 69:26For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.
- Zechariah 1:15But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster.”
- Isaiah 43:28So I will pollute the princes of the sanctuary, And I will consign Jacob to the ban and Israel to revilement.
- Lamentations 2:2The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared All the habitations of Jacob. In His wrath He has thrown down The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
- Ezekiel 24:21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 28:16By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.
- Isaiah 13:16Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.
- Isaiah 14:17Who made the world like a wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?’
- Matthew 7:2For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.
- James 2:13For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Deuteronomy 28:50a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to 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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- 1. Isaiah 47:6 Deut 28:50 ↩
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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