Isaiah 47:7-11 And you said, I shall be a lady for ever: so that you did not lay these things to your heart… : — God warns before He strikes. I. THE COURSE OF CONDUCT CONDEMNED. "Thou didst not lay," &c. This insensibility to the threatened judgments of heaven is — 1. Very common. 2. Very sinful. 3. Very foolish. 4. Very dangerous. II. THE FEARFUL JUDGMENT DENOUNCED — a type on a large scale of the overthrow of sinners. 1. The certainty of it (vers. 8. 9). 2. The suddenness of it. "In a moment" (ver. 9). 3. The retributory character of it.An exact proportionment of the punishment to the crime. No undue severity shown even to Babylon (ver. 6; James 2:13; Revelation 18:5, 6). Nor even to the chief of sinners. Always a just recompense of reward. 4. The utter hopelessness of those on whom it comes (vers. 12-15). (S. Thodey.) Parallel Verses KJV: And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. |