Isaiah 47:1-8 ▼

1 Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.

2 Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!

3 Let your private parts be exposed! Your genitals will be on display! I will get revenge; I will not have pity on anyone,|

4 says our protector--the LORD who commands armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

5 Sit silently! Go to a hiding place, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called 'Queen of kingdoms.'

6 I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.

7 You said, 'I will rule forever as permanent queen!' You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.

8 So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.'