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
The Humiliation of Babylon
1“Go down and sit in the dust,
O Virgin Daughter of Babylon.
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O Daughter of Chaldea!#47:1 That is, Babylon; also in verse 5
For you will no longer be called
tender or delicate.
2Take millstones and grind flour;
remove your veil;
strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,
and wade through the streams.
3Your nakedness will be uncovered
and your shame will be exposed.
I will take vengeance;
I will spare no one.”
4Our 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.
6I 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.
7You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’
You did not take these things to heart
or consider their outcome.
8So 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.’
9These two things will overtake you in a moment,
in a single day:
loss of children, and widowhood.
They will come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the potency of your spells.
10You were secure in your wickedness;
you said, ‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray;
you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
11But disaster will come upon you;
you will not know how to charm it away.
A calamity will befall you
that you will be unable to ward off.
Devastation will happen to you
suddenly and unexpectedly.
12So take your stand with your spells
and with your many sorceries,
with which you have wearied yourself
from your youth.
Perhaps you will succeed;
perhaps you will inspire terror!
13You are wearied by your many counselors;
let them come forward now and save you—
your astrologers who observe the stars,
who monthly predict your fate.
14Surely they are like stubble;
the fire will burn them up.
They cannot deliver themselves
from the power of the flame.
There will be no coals to warm them
or fire to sit beside.
15This is what they are to you—
those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—
each one strays in his own direction;
not one of them can save you.
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