Isa 47:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. given to pleasures —(See on ). In no city were there so many incentives to licentiousness. I am . . . none . . . beside me — ( ). Language of arrogance in man's mouth; fitting for God alone ( ). See , latter part. widow . . . loss of children —A state, represented as a female, when it has fallen is called a widow, because its king is no more; and childless, because it has no inhabitants; they having been carried off as captives ( ).

Isaiah 47:8

8. given to pleasures—(See on Isa 47:1). In no city were there so many incentives to licentiousness.

I am . . . none . . . beside me— (Isa 47:10). Language of arrogance in man's mouth; fitting for God alone (Isa 45:6). See Isa 5:8, latter part.

widow . . . loss of children—A state, represented as a female, when it has fallen is called a widow, because its king is no more; and childless, because it has no inhabitants; they having been carried off as captives (Isa 23:4; 54:1, 4, 5; Re 18:7, 8).