Isaiah 47 · Verse 3

Isaiah 47:3

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
Isaiah 47:3, King James Version

Isaiah 47:3 in other translations

BSBYour nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
WEBYour nakedness will be uncovered. Yes, your shame will be seen. I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.”
ASVThy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.
YLTRevealed is thy nakedness, yea, seen is thy reproach, Vengeance I take, and I meet not a man.
DARBYthy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will meet none to stay me....
BBEThe shame of your unclothed condition will be seen by all: I will give punishment without mercy,
WebsterThy nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

What does Isaiah 47:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. not meet ... as a man--rather, "I will not meet a man," that is, suffer man to intercede with me--give man an audience [Horsley]. Or, "I will not make peace with any man," before all are destroyed. Literally, "strike a league with"; a phrase arising from the custom of striking hands together in making a compact [Maurer], (see on Pr 17:18; Pr 22:26; 11:15, Margin). Or else from striking the victims sacrificed in making treaties.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 I will not meet thee as a man "Neither will I suffer man to intercede with me" - The verb should be pointed, or written, אפגיע aphgia, in Hiphil.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 47:1-6

God's judgments on Babylon. (Is. 47:1-6) Carelessness and confidence shall not prevent the evil. (Is. 47:7-15) Verses 1-6 Babylon is represented under the emblem of a female in deep distress. She was to be degraded and endure sufferings; and is represented sitting on the ground, grinding at the handmill, the lowest and most laborious service. God was righteous in his vengeance, and none should interpose. The prophet…

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Isaiah 47:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תִּגָּל֙ti.Gallet it be uncoveredH1540
עֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ'er.va.Tekhnakedness yourH6172
גַּ֥םgamalsoH1571
תֵּרָאֶ֖הte.ra.'Ehlet it be visibleH7200
חֶרְפָּתֵ֑ךְcher.pa.Tekhreproach yourH2781
נָקָ֣םna.KamvengeanceH5359
אֶקָּ֔ח'e.KachI will takeH3947
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
אֶפְגַּ֖ע'ef.Ga'I will meetH6293
אָדָֽם\׃\ \ס'a.DamanyoneH120

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Cross references for Isaiah 47:3

  • Nahum 3:5

    Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

  • Jeremiah 51:20-24

    Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. …

  • Jeremiah 50:27-28

    Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.

  • Revelation 16:19

    And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

  • Jeremiah 51:34-36

    Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

  • Deuteronomy 32:35

    To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

  • Revelation 6:9-10

    And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

  • Hebrews 10:30-31

    For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

  • Jeremiah 51:11

    Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.

  • Revelation 18:5-8

    For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

  • Isaiah 34:1-8

    Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. …

  • Psalms 137:8-9

    O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will take.
34:1-8; 59:17,18; 63:4-6; De 32:35,41-43; Ps 94:1,2; 137:8,9
Jer 13:22,26; 50:27,28; 51:4,11,20-24,34-36,56; Ro 12:19
Heb 10:30,31; Na 3:5; Re 6:9,10; 16:19; 18:5-8,20

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Context

  • Isaiah 47:2

    Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

  • Isaiah 47:3

    Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

  • Isaiah 47:4

    As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

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Isaiah 47:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Descubierta será tu vergüenza, y tu deshonor será visto: tomaré venganza, y no encontraré hombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
ta nudité sera découverte; oui, ta honte sera vue. Je tirerai vengeance, et je ne rencontrerai personne qui m’arrête…
German
Elberfelder 1871
aufgedeckt werde deine Blöße, ja, gesehen deine Schande! Ich werde Rache nehmen und Menschen nicht verschonen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Revelabitur ignominia tua, et videbitur opprobrium tuum; ultionem capiam, et non resistet mihi homo.