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Judgment on Babylon

47 (A)The Lord says,

“Babylon, come down from your throne,
    and sit in the dust on the ground.
You were once like a virgin, a city unconquered,
    but you are soft and delicate no longer!
You are now a slave!
Turn the millstone! Grind the flour!
Off with your veil! Strip off your fine clothes!
Lift up your skirts to cross the streams![a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:2 This probably refers to going into exile.

The Fall of Babylon

47 “Go down, sit in the dust,(A)
    Virgin Daughter(B) Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
    queen city of the Babylonians.[a](C)
No more will you be called
    tender or delicate.(D)
Take millstones(E) and grind(F) flour;
    take off your veil.(G)
Lift up your skirts,(H) bare your legs,
    and wade through the streams.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 5