Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures
Isaiah 47
This heathen city is represented under the usual image of a virgin. Her overthrow is signified by inviting her to sit on the ground as a slave.
Apoc. 18 : 7. " She regarded herself with oompla<jency as without a rival." Bt Jerome, u p. "The loss of children." u Infra 51 : 19. Although previously styled a virgin, she is now spoken of as a married woman, the use of figures being arbitrary. Loss of subjects and of royal authority may be understood by barrenness and widowhood. H. P. " In their perfection." L. M In their foil measure." V. univtrm.
Wisdom and knowledge are here identified.
Deception cannot arise from wisdom; but from a false oonfdence in one's own wisdom.
The astrologers themselves shall perish in the conflagration. This fire is not for domestic use or personal comfort, bat an instrument of punishment.
By Babylonian merchants St. Jerome understands the astrologers. They pursue their own coarse, and leave the country to destruction.
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