Isaiah 47:6

⁴ Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name— is the Holy One of Israel.

⁵ “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

⁷ You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

⁸ So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
KJV: I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
WEB: I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.
ASV: I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
DARBY: I was wroth with my people, I polluted mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the aged didst thou very heavily lay thy yoke;
BLB: I was angry with My people; I have profaned My heritage and I have given them into your hand. You did not appoint for them acts of mercy; upon the elderly you made your yoke very heavy.

ÅB: Jeg var vred på mitt folk, vanhelliget min arv og gav dem i din hånd, du viste dem ikke barmhjertighet, endog på oldingen lot du ditt åk tynge hårdt.
OTB: Jeg var sint på Mitt folk, Jeg vanhelliget Min arv og overgav dem i din hånd. Du viste dem ingen nåde; selv på de eldre la du et tungt åk.
B1930: Jeg var vred på mitt folk, vanhelliget min arv og gav dem i din hånd, du viste dem ikke barmhjertighet, endog på oldingen lot du ditt åk tynge hårdt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Zechariah 1:15
but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
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2 Chronicles 28:9
But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
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Deuteronomy 28:50
a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
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Obadiah 1:10
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
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James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Psalms 69:26
For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
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Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
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Isaiah 42:24–25
Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
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