Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 47:8

8. Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am , and none else besides me , I shall not sit as a widdow, neither shall I know the loss of children .

I am independent, and self-sufficient and unchangeable, as that phrase implies, which therefore is appropriated to God, Isa. 41. 4. and 43. 10. and elsewhere. The Prophet doth not here use the very Phrase which the Babylonians used, but expresseth their sence in a Scripture Phrase.

Which is not either subject to me, or far inferiour to me in Power and Glory, so that in comparison of me it may be said not to be, because it disappeares like Stars at the presence of the sun.

I shall never want either a King or People to defend me from all dangers.