פירוש על ישעיהו 47:1

without a throne Without a kingdom.

Virgin. Babylon is like a virgin, that has not yet been deflowered.¹That is, for a long period; but strictly speaking, Babylon had been conquered before by the Assyrians. See Niebuhr, Gesch. As. and B. p. 179.

for no longer [lit. for you shall not continue,] that they call you tender and delicate.

בת Daughter. It is here figuratively used for people.²It is strange that I. E. here explains the expression daughter, after having many times passed it over in silence (1:8; 10:32; 16:1; 22:4 ; 23:10, etc.); even the very same phrase בתולת בת (23:12; 37:22), did not elicit any remark or explanation. The object of his remark here, is probably not only to explain the figurative use of the word בת daughter קהלת═ congregation or people, but also the meaning of the construct state of the two nouns בתולת בת the virgin of the daughter of, while other authorities render them the virgin daughter of, explaining בתולת, in spite of the form of the construct state, to be in apposition to בת. I. E. refers the virgin to the capital and the daughter to the whole country. Comp. his remark on Lam. 1:15. The Chaldæan translation renders these two words by מלכו כנשתא the kingdom of the people.

There is no throne for thee any longer.

ענוגה Tender. It is an adjective similar in form to אדומה red (Num. 19:2)