Isaiah 47
47
The Humiliation of Babylon
1“Come #Jer. 48:18down and #Is. 3:26sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of #Is. 14:18–23; Jer. 25:12; 50:1—51:64Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no more be called
Tender and delicate.
2#Ex. 11:5; Jer. 25:10Take the millstones and grind meal.
Remove your veil,
Take off the skirt,
Uncover the thigh,
Pass through the rivers.
3#Is. 3:17; 20:4Your nakedness shall be uncovered,
Yes, your shame will be seen;
#(Rom. 12:19)I will take vengeance,
And I will not arbitrate with a man.”
4As for #Jer. 50:34our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name,
The Holy One of Israel.
5“Sit in #1 Sam. 2:9silence, and go into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans;
#Is. 13:19; (Dan. 2:37); Rev. 17:18For you shall no longer be called
The Lady of Kingdoms.
6#2 Sam. 24:14I was angry with My people;
#Is. 43:28I have profaned My inheritance,
And given them into your hand.
You showed them no mercy;
#Deut. 28:49, 50On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
7And you said, ‘I shall be #Rev. 18:7a lady forever,’
So that you did not #Is. 42:25; 46:8take these things to heart,
#Deut. 32:29; Jer. 5:31; Ezek. 7:2, 3Nor remember the latter end of them.
8“Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures,
Who dwell securely,
Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow,
Nor shall I know the loss of children’;
9But these two things shall come to you
#Ps. 73:19; 1 Thess. 5:3; Rev. 18:8In a moment, in one day:
The loss of children, and widowhood.
They shall come upon you in their fullness
Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
For the great abundance of your enchantments.
10“For you have trusted in your wickedness;
You have said, ‘No one #Is. 29:15; Ezek. 8:12; 9:9sees me’;
Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you;
And you have said in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’
11Therefore evil shall come upon you;
You shall not know from where it arises.
And trouble shall fall upon you;
You will not be able to put it off.
And #Is. 13:6; Jer. 51:8, 43; Luke 17:27; 1 Thess. 5:3desolation shall come upon you #Is. 29:5suddenly,
Which you shall not know.
12“Stand now with your enchantments
And the multitude of your sorceries,
In which you have labored from your youth—
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you will prevail.
13#Is. 57:10You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels;
Let now #Is. 8:19; 44:25; 47:9; Dan. 2:2, 10the astrologers, the stargazers,
And the monthly prognosticators
Stand up and save you
From what shall come upon you.
14Behold, they shall be #Is. 5:24; Nah. 1:10; Mal. 4:1as stubble,
The fire shall #(Is. 10:17); Jer. 51:58burn them;
They shall not deliver themselves
From the power of the flame;
It shall not be a coal to be warmed by,
Nor a fire to sit before!
15Thus shall they be to you
With whom you have labored,
#Rev. 18:11Your merchants from your youth;
They shall wander each one to his quarter.
No one shall save you.
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Isaiah 47
47
Babylon Will Fall
The Lord said:
1 #
Is 13.1—14.23; Jr 50.1—51.64. City of Babylon,
You are delicate
and untouched,
but that will change.
Surrender your royal power
and sit in the dirt.
2Start grinding grain!
Take off your veil.
Strip off your fancy clothes
and wade across rivers.#47.2 Strip … rivers: This may be a command to get ready for work that requires wading in the river, or it may be a warning that they are going to be taken away as slaves.
3You will suffer the shame
of going naked,
because I will take revenge,
and no one can escape.#47.3 escape: Or “oppose me.”
4I am the Lord All-Powerful,
the holy God of Israel.
I am their Savior.
5Babylon, be silent!
Sit in the dark.
No longer will nations
accept you as their queen.
6I was angry with my people.
So I let you take their land
and bring disgrace on them.
You showed them no mercy,
but were especially cruel
to those who were old.
7You thought that you
would be queen forever.
You didn't care what you did;
it never entered your mind
that you might get caught.
8 #
Rev 18.7,8. You think that you alone
are all-powerful,
that you won't be a widow
or lose your children.
All you care about is pleasure,
but listen to what I say.
9Your magic powers and charms
will suddenly fail,
then you will be a widow
and lose your children.
10You hid behind evil
like a shield and said,
“No one can see me!”
You were fooled by your wisdom
and your knowledge;
you felt sure that you alone
were in full control.
11But without warning,
disaster will strike—
and your magic charms
won't help at all.
12Keep using your magic powers
and your charms
as you have always done.
Maybe—just maybe—
you will frighten somebody!
13You have worn yourself out,
asking for advice
from those who study the stars
and tell the future
month after month.
Go ask them how to be saved
from what will happen.
14People who trust the stars
are as helpless as straw
in a flaming fire.
No one can even keep warm,#47.14 keep warm: Or “cook food.”
sitting by a fire
that feeds only on straw.
15These are the fortunetellers
you have done business with
all of your life.
But they don't know
where they are going,
and they can't save you.
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