The Meaning of Isaiah 47:15 Explained

Isaiah 47:15

KJV: Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

YLT: So have they been to thee with whom thou hast laboured, Thy merchants from thy youth, Each to his passage they have wandered, Thy saviour is not!

Darby: Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, they that trafficked with thee from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his own quarter; there is none to save thee.

ASV: Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored: they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.

Discover Isaiah 47:15

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 47:15?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 47:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 47:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 47:15?

What is the context of Isaiah 47:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

What does Isaiah 47:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 47:1-15 - The Penalty Of Trusting In Wickedness

Babylon dwelt in careless security. She was given to pleasures, Isaiah 47:8; and said in her heart that her vast crowd of astrologers, magicians, and priests, would certainly warn her of impending evil and deliver her. But nothing could be more absolute than her fall. For centuries she has been buried under mounds of desolation, while the Hebrew people, whom she so cruelly oppressed, are the monument of God's preserving mercy. The fact is that Babylon exceeded her duty. She was used as Jehovah's chastising rod upon the Hebrews, but she was merciless in the extreme in her behavior and for this excess she suffered. Compare Isaiah 47:6 with Zechariah 1:15.

Notice Isaiah 47:4. The prophet turns from the overthrow of the proud city to remind his people that Babylon's tribulation is due to the redeeming arm of God; and we must never forget that in the midst of her overthrow there was a thread of golden mercy. The loved that brooded over Nineveh must have been there. See Jonah 4:10-11. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 47

¹ God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea
⁶ For their unmercifulness
⁷ Pride
¹⁰ And over-boldness
¹¹ Shall be irresistible

What do the individual words in Isaiah 47:15 mean?

Thus shall they be to you with whom you have labored Your merchants from your youth each one to his quarter they shall wander No one shall save you -

כֵּ֥ן הָיוּ־ לָ֖ךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָגָ֑עַתְּ סֹחֲרַ֣יִךְ מִנְּעוּרַ֗יִךְ אִ֤ישׁ לְעֶבְרוֹ֙ תָּע֔וּ אֵ֖ין מוֹשִׁיעֵֽךְ ס

כֵּ֥ן	Thus
Parse: Adverb Root: כֵּן Sense: so, therefore, thus.
הָיוּ־	shall they be
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָ֖ךְ	to you
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	with whom
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
יָגָ֑עַתְּ	you have labored
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person feminine singular Root: יָגַע Sense: to toil, labour, grow weary, be weary.
סֹחֲרַ֣יִךְ	Your merchants
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular Root: סָחַר Sense: to go around, go about, travel about in, go about in trade.
מִנְּעוּרַ֗יִךְ	from your youth
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular Root: נְעוּרִים Sense: youth, early life.
אִ֤ישׁ	each one
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
לְעֶבְרוֹ֙	to his quarter
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: עֵבֶר Sense: region beyond or across, side.
תָּע֔וּ	they shall wander
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: תָּעָה Sense: to err, wander, go astray, stagger.
אֵ֖ין	No one
Parse: Adverb Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
מוֹשִׁיעֵֽךְ	shall save you
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular construct, second person feminine singular Root: יָשַׁע Sense: to save, be saved, be delivered.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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