Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 47:6

"I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke." — Isaiah 47:6 (ASV)

I was wroth with my people ... —The sin of Babylon was that she had gone beyond her commission as the chastiser of Israel, casting off all reverence for age, and making even the old men do the hard tasks of bond-slaves (Lamentations 4:16; Lamentations 5:12). (Compare to Zechariah 1:15.)