Isaiah 47:11

"For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the self-deception of those who rely on their own wickedness rather than God. It suggests that their pride and belief in their invincibility through their own wisdom leads them to reject divine truth, ultimately isolating them from any possibility of salvation or recognition by God.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Therefore shall evil come upon thee -In consequence of thy pride and self-confidence; of the prevalence of corruption, licentiousness, and sin; of the prevalence of the arts of magic and of divination abounding there; and of the cruel and unfeeling oppression of the people of God; for all these crimes ruin shall come certainly and suddenly upon thee. Thou shalt not know from whence it cometh -Margin, ‘The morning thereof.’ The margin expresses the true sense of the phrase. The word used here (שׁחרshachar) means “the aurora,” the dawn, the morning (see the notes atIsaiah 14:12).

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