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Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth; if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.
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A Divine Taunt
Commentators unanimously explain that this verse is not a genuine suggestion but a sharp, sarcastic taunt from God. He challenges Babylon to rely on the magic and sorcery it has practiced for centuries, knowing these powers are utterly useless against His judgment. This irony highlights the foolishness of placing trust in any power apart from God.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Stand now with thy enchantments - (See the notes at Isaiah 47:9). This is evidently sarcastic and ironical. It is a call on those who prac…
19th Century
Anglican
If so be thou shalt be able ... —The words come with a subtle tone of irony. Persevere in your enchantments
16th Century
Protestant
Stand now amidst thy divinations. The Prophet speaks as we are accustomed to speak to desperate men, on whom no warnings produce any good …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries An ironic …
Let us beware of acting and speaking as Babylon did; of trusting in tyranny and oppression; of boasting about our abilities, relying on ourselves, …
13th Century
Catholic
Come down, and sit in the dust. Here the prophet foretells the degradation of the kingdom of Babylon. In this regard, he does th…
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