Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 47:7

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 47:7

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 47:7

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof." — Isaiah 47:7 (ASV)

You said ... —The boastful confidence of Babylon in her own perpetuity blinded her, as it had long blinded other nations, to “these things,” namely, the Divine law that pride and cruelty bring their own Nemesis.