Isaiah 47:1-7
New International Version - UK
The fall of Babylon
47 ‘Go down, sit in the dust,
Virgin Daughter Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
queen city of the Babylonians.[a]
No more will you be called
tender or delicate.
2 Take millstones and grind flour;
take off your veil.
Lift up your skirts, bare your legs,
and wade through the streams.
3 Your nakedness will be exposed
and your shame uncovered.
I will take vengeance;
I will spare no one.’
4 Our Redeemer – the Lord Almighty is his name –
is the Holy One of Israel.
5 ‘Sit in silence, go into darkness,
queen city of the Babylonians;
no more will you be called
queen of kingdoms.
6 I was angry with my people
and desecrated my inheritance;
I gave them into your hand,
and you showed them no mercy.
Even on the aged
you laid a very heavy yoke.
7 You said, “I am for ever –
the eternal queen!”
But you did not consider these things
or reflect on what might happen.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 47:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 5
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