Isaiah 47
Lexham English Bible
Babylon’s Fall
47 Come down and sit on the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon!
Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of Chaldea!
For they shall no longer call[a] you tender and delicate.
2 Take the pair of mill stones and grind flour!
Uncover your veil,
strip off your skirt,
uncover your thigh,
pass through the rivers!
3 Your nakedness shall be exposed;
indeed, your shame shall become visible.
I will take vengeance
and I will not spare[b] a person.
4 Our redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is his name, the holy one of Israel.
5 Sit silently and go into the darkness, daughter of Chaldea,
for they shall no longer call[c] you mistress of kingdoms.
6 I was angry with my people;
I profaned my inheritance,
and I gave them into your hand.
You did not give[d] them mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke very heavy.
7 And you said, “I shall be an eternal mistress forever!”
You did not set these things upon your heart;
you did not remember its end.
8 Therefore now hear this, luxuriant one who sits[e] in security,
who says[f] in her heart, “I am, and besides me there is no one.
I shall not sit as a widow,
and I shall not know the loss of children.”
9 And these two shall come to you in a moment, in one day:
the loss of children and widowhood shall come on you completely,[g]
in spite of your many sorceries,
in spite of the power of your great enchantments.
10 And you felt secure in your wickedness;
you said, “No one[h] sees[i] me.”
Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart, “I am, and besides me there is no one.”
11 And evil shall come upon you, you will not know;
it will be on the lookout for her.
And disaster shall fall upon you; you will not be able to avert[j] it.
And ruin shall come on you suddenly; you do not know.
12 Stand, now, in your enchantments,
and in your many sorceries with which you have labored from your youth.
Perhaps you may be able to benefit;
perhaps you may scare away.[k]
13 You struggle with your many consultations;[l]
let them stand, now, and save you—
those who see the stars, divide the celestial sphere,[m]
who inform by new moons—
from those things that are coming upon you.
14 Look! They are like stubble;
the fire burns them completely.
They cannot deliver themselves[n] from the power[o] of the flame;
there is no coal for warming oneself,[p]
no fire before which to sit.
15 So are to you those with whom you have labored,
your traders from your youth.
They wander, each to his side;
there is no one who can save you.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 47:1 Literally “you shall not add they shall call to”
- Isaiah 47:3 Literally “plead with”
- Isaiah 47:5 Literally “you shall not add they shall call to”
- Isaiah 47:6 Literally “set up”
- Isaiah 47:8 Or “sitting”
- Isaiah 47:8 Or “saying”
- Isaiah 47:9 Literally “as their fullness”
- Isaiah 47:10 Literally “none”
- Isaiah 47:10 Or “is seeing”
- Isaiah 47:11 Literally “make amends”
- Isaiah 47:12 Literally “terrify”
- Isaiah 47:13 Or “advice”
- Isaiah 47:13 Literally “heavens,” that is, for astrology
- Isaiah 47:14 Literally “their lives”
- Isaiah 47:14 Literally “hand”
- Isaiah 47:14 Literally “to grow warm”
Isaías 47
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
La caída de Babilonia
47 »Desciende, siéntate en el polvo,
hija virginal de Babilonia;
siéntate en el suelo, hija de los caldeos,
pues ya no hay trono.
Nunca más se te llamará
tierna y delicada.
2 Toma piedras de molino, y muele la harina;
quítate el velo.
Levántate las faldas, desnúdate las piernas,
y cruza los ríos.
3 Tu desnudez quedará al descubierto;
quedará expuesta tu vergüenza.
Voy a tomar venganza,
y a nadie perdonaré».
4 Nuestro Redentor es el Santo de Israel;
su nombre es el Señor Todopoderoso.
5 «Siéntate en silencio, hija de los caldeos;
entra en las tinieblas.
Porque nunca más se te llamará
“soberana de los reinos”.
6 Yo estaba enojado con mi pueblo;
por eso profané mi heredad.
Los entregué en tu mano,
y no tuviste compasión de ellos.
Pusiste sobre los ancianos
un yugo muy pesado.
7 Dijiste: “¡Por siempre seré la soberana!”
Pero no consideraste esto,
ni reflexionaste sobre su final.
8 »Ahora escucha esto, voluptuosa;
tú, que moras confiada y te dices a ti misma:
“Yo soy, y no hay otra fuera de mí.
Nunca enviudaré ni me quedaré sin hijos”.
9 De repente, en un solo día,
ambas cosas te sorprenderán:
la pérdida de tus hijos y la viudez
te abrumarán por completo,
a pesar de tus muchas hechicerías
y de tus poderosos encantamientos.
10 Tú has confiado en tu maldad,
y has dicho: “Nadie me ve”.
Tu sabiduría y tu conocimiento te engañan
cuando a ti misma te dices:
“Yo soy, y no hay otra fuera de mí”.
11 Pero vendrá sobre ti una desgracia
que no sabrás conjurar;
caerá sobre ti una calamidad
que no podrás evitar.
¡Una catástrofe que ni te imaginas
vendrá de repente sobre ti!
12 »Persiste, entonces, en tus encantamientos
y en tus muchas hechicerías,
en las que te has ejercitado desde la niñez.
Tal vez tengas éxito,
tal vez puedas provocar terror.
13 ¡Los muchos consejos te han fatigado!
Que se presenten tus astrólogos,
los que observan las estrellas,
los que hacen predicciones mes a mes,
¡que te salven de lo que viene sobre ti!
14 ¡Míralos! Son como la paja,
y el fuego los consumirá.
Ni a sí mismos pueden salvarse
del poder de las llamas.
Aquí no hay brasas para calentarse,
ni fuego para sentarse ante él.
15 Eso son para ti los hechiceros
con quienes te has ejercitado,
y con los que has negociado desde tu juventud.
Cada uno sigue en su error;
no habrá quien pueda salvarte.
Isaiah 47
King James Version
47 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
4 As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
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