Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 47:15

15. Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants from thy youth, they shall wander every one to his quarter: none shall save thee .

Such comfortless and helpless Creatures.

Either 1. thy merchants, as it follows, with whom tho[illegible: 1+ letters] hast trafficked. Or 2. thy Sorcerers, Astrologers, &c. with whom they are said to have laboured, both here and ver. 12. who also may possibly be called their Merchants, because they traded so much with them; and because of their deceitful practices; for which Ephraim is called a Merchant, Hos. 12. 7. And so the following Clause may be rendred, who have been thy Merchants from thy Youth. Or, the last clause may be understood of Merchants, properly so called, who came from several Countries to trade with Babylon, as is noted in Scripture, and by other Authors: And the Verse may be thus rendred. Thus (vain and unprofitable) shall they (thy Sorcerers, &c.) with whom thou hast laboured be unto thee. (So here is onely a transposition of Words, than which nothing is more usual in Scripture. Then follows another matter in the next Clause:) also Thy Merchants, or they with whom thou hast traded from thy Youth, shall wander every one to his own quarter.

They shall all leave thee, and flee away with all possible speed to their several Countries and Habitations.