Isaiah 47:1-7
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.
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 47:1-7
International Standard Version
The Fall of Babylon
47 “Come down and sit in the dust,
Virgin Daughter of Babylon.
Sit on[a] the ground without a chair,
Daughter of the Chaldeans!
For no longer will they call you
tender and attractive.
2 Take millstones and grind flour.
Remove your veil,
strip off your robes,[b]
bare your legs,
and wade through the rivers.
3 Your nakedness will be[c] exposed,
and your disgrace will also be seen.
I’ll take vengeance,
and I will spare no mortal.
4 “Our Redeemer—
the Lord of the Heavenly Armies is his name—
is the Holy One of Israel.
5 “Sit silent,[d] and enter into the darkness,
you daughter of the Chaldeans;
for no more will they call you
Queen of Kingdoms.
6 I was angry with my people,
and[e] I desecrated my heritage,
and gave them into your control.
You showed them no mercy;
even on the aged you laid your yoke most heavily.
7 You said, ‘I will always continue—Queen forever!’
You didn’t take these things into your thinking,
nor did you think about their consequences.[f]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 47:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT use another preposition
- Isaiah 47:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsad MT read skirt
- Isaiah 47:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read let it be
- Isaiah 47:5 1QIsaa and MT use alternate forms of the same term
- Isaiah 47:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT lack and
- Isaiah 47:7 1QIsaa and MT use alternate forms; LXX reads the last things
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