Isaiah 47:1-13 ▼

1 |Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate.

2 |Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, strip off the skirt, Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.

3 |Your nakedness will be uncovered, Your shame also will be exposed; I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.|

4 Our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel.

5 |Sit silently, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For you will no longer be called The queen of kingdoms.

6 |I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage And gave them into your hand. You did not show mercy to them, On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

7 |Yet you said, I will be a queen forever .' These things you did not consider Nor remember the outcome of them.

8 |Now, then, hear this, you sensual one, Who dwells securely, Who says in your heart, I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a widow, Nor know loss of children.'

9 |But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day: Loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in full measure In spite of your many sorceries, In spite of the great power of your spells.

10 |You felt secure in your wickedness and said, No one sees me,' Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you; For you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no one besides me.'

11 |But evil will come on you Which you will not know how to charm away; And disaster will fall on you For which you cannot atone; And destruction about which you do not know Will come on you suddenly.

12 |Stand [fast] now in your spells And in your many sorceries With which you have labored from your youth; Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you may cause trembling.

13 |You are wearied with your many counsels; Let now the astrologers, Those who prophesy by the stars, Those who predict by the new moons, Stand up and save you from what will come upon you.