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Isaiah 47:2-11
English Standard Version
Isaiah 47:2-11
English Standard Version
2 Take the millstones and (A)grind flour,
(B)put off your veil,
strip off your robe, uncover your legs,
pass through the rivers.
3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered,
and your disgrace shall be seen.
I will take vengeance,
and I will spare no one.
4 (C)Our Redeemer—the Lord of hosts is his name—
is the Holy One of Israel.
5 (D)Sit in silence, and go into darkness,
O daughter of (E)the Chaldeans;
for you shall no more be called
(F)the mistress of kingdoms.
6 (G)I was angry with my people;
I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand;
(H)you showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
7 You said, “I shall be (I)mistress forever,”
so that you did not lay these things to heart
or remember their end.
8 Now therefore hear this, (J)you lover of pleasures,
(K)who sit securely,
who say in your heart,
(L)“I am, and there is no one besides me;
(M)I shall not sit as a widow
or know the loss of children”:
9 (N)These two things shall come to you
in a moment, (O)in one day;
the loss of children and widowhood
shall come upon you in full measure,
(P)in spite of your many sorceries
and the great power of your enchantments.
10 You felt secure in your wickedness;
you said, “No one sees me”;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
(Q)“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
11 But evil shall come upon you,
which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
for which you will not be able to atone;
(R)and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.
Isaiah 47:2-11
New International Version
Isaiah 47:2-11
New International Version
2 Take millstones(A) and grind(B) flour;
take off your veil.(C)
Lift up your skirts,(D) bare your legs,
and wade through the streams.
3 Your nakedness(E) will be exposed
and your shame(F) uncovered.
I will take vengeance;(G)
I will spare no one.(H)”
5 “Sit in silence,(M) go into darkness,(N)
queen city of the Babylonians;(O)
no more will you be called
queen(P) of kingdoms.(Q)
6 I was angry(R) with my people
and desecrated my inheritance;(S)
I gave them into your hand,(T)
and you showed them no mercy.(U)
Even on the aged
you laid a very heavy yoke.
7 You said, ‘I am forever(V)—
the eternal queen!’(W)
But you did not consider these things
or reflect(X) on what might happen.(Y)
8 “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
lounging in your security(Z)
and saying to yourself,
‘I am, and there is none besides me.(AA)
I will never be a widow(AB)
or suffer the loss of children.’
9 Both of these will overtake you
in a moment,(AC) on a single day:
loss of children(AD) and widowhood.(AE)
They will come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries(AF)
and all your potent spells.(AG)
10 You have trusted(AH) in your wickedness
and have said, ‘No one sees me.’(AI)
Your wisdom(AJ) and knowledge mislead(AK) you
when you say to yourself,
‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
11 Disaster(AL) will come upon you,
and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
will suddenly(AM) come upon you.
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