Verse 1
Isaiah 47:1
World English Bible, British Edition
1
“Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon.
Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans.
For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
Original Language Text
hebrew
רְדִ֣י וּ/שְׁבִ֣י עַל עָפָ֗ר בְּתוּלַת֙ בַּת בָּבֶ֔ל שְׁבִי לָ/אָ֥רֶץ אֵין כִּסֵּ֖א בַּת כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים כִּ֣י לֹ֤א תוֹסִ֨יפִי֙ יִקְרְאוּ לָ֔/ךְ רַכָּ֖ה וַ/עֲנֻגָּֽה
English Translation
Descend and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for you shall no longer be called delicate and pampered.
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Chapter 47 Context
1
“Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon.
Sit on the ground without a throne, daug...
2
Take the millstones and grind flour.
Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs,
and wa...
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3
Your nakedness will be uncovered.
Yes, your shame will be seen.
I will take vengeance,
and will spar...
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4
Our Redeemer, the LORD of Armies is his name,
is the Holy One of Israel.
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5
“Sit in silence, and go into darkness,
daughter of the Chaldeans.
For you shall no longer be called...
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6
I was angry with my people.
I profaned my inheritance
and gave them into your hand.
You showed them...
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7
You said, ‘I will be a princess forever,’
so that you didn’t lay these things to your heart,
nor did...
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8
“Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures,
who sit securely,
who say in your heart,
‘...
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9
But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day:
the loss of children and widowhood.
Th...
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10
For you have trusted in your wickedness.
You have said, ‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and your knowl...
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11
Therefore disaster will come on you.
You won’t know when it dawns.
Mischief will fall on you.
You wo...
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12
“Stand now with your enchantments
and with the multitude of your sorceries,
in which you have labour...
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13
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels.
Now let the astrologers, the stargazers, and the...
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14
Behold, they are like stubble.
The fire will burn them.
They won’t deliver themselves from the power...
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15
The things that you laboured in will be like this:
those who have trafficked with you from your yout...
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