Isaiah 47
47
XLVII
1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon I
Sit on the ground, without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans:
For thou shalt no longer be called the tender, and the delicate.
2Take the mill, and grind meal:
Take off thy veil, take up the train of thy garment;
Make bare thy leg; wade through the rivers.
3Thy nakedness shall be disclosed; yea, thy shame shall be seen:
I will take vengeance, and will not spare a man.
4 Thus saith our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name,
The Holy One of Israel:
5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans;
For thou shalt no longer be called. The lady of Kingdoms.
6I was angry with my people, I polluted mine inheritance,
And gave them up into thine hand:
Thou didst shew them no mercy;
Upon the aged didst thou very heavily lay thy yoke.
7And thou saidst: I shall be a lady for ever:
So that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart,
Neither didst thou think upon the latter end thereof.
8Now, therefore, hear this, O thou voluptuous, that sittest in security:
Thou that sayest in thine heart: I am, and there is none besides;
I shall not sit a widow; neither shall I know the loss of children.
9Yet these two things shall come to thee in a moment,
In one day, loss of children and widowhood:
They shall come upon thee in their perfection,
Notwithstanding the multitude of thy sorceries;
Notwithstanding the great strength of thine enchantments.
10But thou didst trust in thy wickedness, and saidst: None seeth me.
Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, they perverted thee;
So that thou saidst in thine heart: I am, and there is none besides.
11Therefore shall evil come upon thee,
The dawn whereof thou shalt not perceive;
And mischief shall fall upon thee,
Which thou shalt not be able to expiate;
And destruction shall come upon thee suddenly, of which thou shalt have no apprehension.
12Persist now in thine enchantments,
And in the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth;
Perhaps thou mayest be able to profit,
Perhaps thou mayest prevail.
13Thou art wearied in the multiplicity of thy counsels:
Let them stand up now, and save thee,
The astrologers, the gazers on the stars;
They that prognosticate at every new moon
What are the events that shall happen unto thee.
14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them up;
They shall not deliver their own souls from the power of the flame:
There shall not be a coal to warm at,
Nor a fire to sit before it.
15Thus will they prove to be unto thee, amongst whom thou hast laboured,
Those with whom thou hast had dealing from thy youth:
They shall become bewildered, every one in his quarter;
Not one will there be to save thee.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.
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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