Isaiah 47:1-9 ▼

1 Come down, sit in the dust, virgin daughter Babylon; Sit on the ground, dethroned, daughter of the Chaldeans. No longer shall you be called dainty and delicate.

2 Take the millstone and grind flour, remove your veil; Strip off your skirt, bare your legs, cross through the streams.

3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your shame be seen; I will take vengeance, I will yield to no entreaty, says

4 our redeemer, Whose name is the LORD of hosts, the Holy One of Israel.

5 Go into darkness and sit in silence, daughter of the Chaldeans, No longer shall you be called sovereign mistress of kingdoms.

6 Angry at my people, I profaned my heritage And gave them into your power; but you showed them no mercy; Upon the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.

7 You said, “I shall remain always, a sovereign mistress forever!” You did not take these things to heart, but disregarded their outcome.

8 Now hear this, voluptuous one, enthroned securely, Saying in your heart, “I, and no one else! I shall never be a widow, bereft of my children”—

9 Both these things shall come to you suddenly, in a single day: Complete bereavement and widowhood shall come upon you Despite your many sorceries and the full power of your spells;