Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 47:1
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Isaiah47:1
CHAPTER 47
Is 47:1-15. The Destruction of Babylon Is Represented under the Image of a Royal Virgin Brought Down in a Moment from Her Magnificent Throne to the Extreme of Degradation.
1. in the dust--(See on Is 3:26; Job 2:13; La 2:10).
virgin--that is, heretofore uncaptured [Herodotus, 1.191].
daughter of Babylon--Babylon and its inhabitants (see on Is 1:8; Is 37:22).
no throne--The seat of empire was transferred to Shushan. Alexander intended to have made Babylon his seat of empire, but Providence defeated his design. He soon died; and Seleucia, being built near, robbed it of its inhabitants, and even of its name, which was applied to Seleucia.
delicate--alluding to the effeminate debauchery and prostitution of all classes at banquets and religious rites [Curtius, 5.1; Herodotus, 1.199; Baruch, 6.43].
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