Isaiah 47:4

"Your nakedness will be uncovered. Yes, your shame will be seen. I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.”"

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 47:4, the prophet warns Babylon that its hidden vices and sins will be revealed, bringing profound shame and humiliation. The Lord promises severe punishment without mercy, underscoring the judgment to come for those who hide their iniquities.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

As for our Redeemer -This verse stands absolutely, and is not connected with the preceding or the following. It seems to be an expression of admiration, or of grateful surprise, by which the prophet saw Yahweh as the Redeemer of his people. He saw, in vision, Babylon humbled, and, full of the subject, he breaks out into an expression of grateful surprise and rejoicing. ‘O! our Redeemer! it is the work of our Saviour, the Holy One of Israel! How great is his power! How faithful is he! How manifestly is he revealed! Babylon is destroyed. Her idols could not save her.

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