Isaiah 47:1-3

Contemporary English Version

Babylon Will Fall

The Lord said:

47 ^(A) 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.^[a]
³You will suffer the shame
    of going naked,
because I will take revenge,
    and no one can escape.^[b]

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Footnotes

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.
47.3 escape: Or “oppose me.”