John Gill Commentary Isaiah 47:10

"For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me." — Isaiah 47:10 (ASV)

For you have trusted in your wickedness
In wealth and power wickedly obtained; in political schemes wickedly contrived; in her ambition and pride, tyranny and cruelty; and especially in her wicked arts of astrology, divination, and magic:

you have said, none sees me ;
lay her schemes of policy, which she thought so deeply laid, as not to be discovered; perform her magic arts, which were secretly done, and other her wicked actions done in the dark; but nothing can be hid from the omniscient God:

your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you :
her high opinion of her own wisdom and knowledge in political affairs, or in magic arts, deceived her, and turned her from right to wrong ways, which issued in her ruin. This rightly describes the Jesuits, and other emissaries of the church of Rome, who trust in their wickedness, their craft and cunning, which none can penetrate into; but there is an all seeing eye upon them, which discovers their intrigues, blasts their designs, and brings them into confusion:

and you have said in your heart, I am, and none else besides me ;
none so wise and knowing as myself. This is what the oracle said of the Chaldeans ^F14 , ``the Chaldeans and the Hebrews are the only wise.'' This is repeated, to observe the haughty and insolent boasts of themselves.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F14: Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evang. l. 9. c. 10. p. 413.