{"book":"Isaiah","slug":"isaiah","ch":47,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Isaiah","prev":"isaiah/46","next":"isaiah/48","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] Go 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 will no longer be called tender or delicate.","f":["That is, the Babylonians; also in verse 5"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] Go down and sit in the dust,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O Virgin Daughter of Babylon."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Sit on the ground without a throne,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O Daughter of the Chaldeans!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"For you will no longer be called"},{"style":"indent2","t":"tender or delicate."}],"h":"The Humiliation of Babylon","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, [and] wade through the streams.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Take millstones and grind flour;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"remove your veil;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] wade through the streams."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your nakedness will be uncovered"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your shame will be exposed."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will take vengeance;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will spare no one.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Our Redeemer — the LORD of Hosts is His name — [is] the Holy One of Israel.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Our Redeemer — the LORD of Hosts is His name —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[is] the Holy One of Israel."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"“ Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Sit in silence and go into darkness,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O Daughter of the Chaldeans."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For you will no longer be called"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the queen of kingdoms."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I was angry with My people;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I profaned My heritage,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I placed them under your control."},{"style":"indent1","t":"You showed them no mercy;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"You said,‘ I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You said,‘ I will be queen forever.’"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You did not take these things to heart"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or consider their outcome."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself,‘ I [am], and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"So now hear this,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O lover of luxury who sits securely,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"who says to herself,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ I [am], and there is none besides me."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will never be a widow"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or know the loss of children.’"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"These two [things] will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"These two [things] will overtake you in a moment,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in a single day:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"loss of children, and widowhood."},{"style":"indent2","t":"They will come upon you in full measure,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"in spite of your many sorceries"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the potency of your spells."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"You were secure in your wickedness; you said,‘ No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself,‘ I [am], and there is none besides me.’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You were secure in your wickedness;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you said,‘ No one sees me.’"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you told yourself,‘ I [am], and there is none besides me.’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But disaster will come upon you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you will not know how to charm it away."},{"style":"indent1","t":"A calamity will befall you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that you will be unable to ward off."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Devastation will happen to you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"suddenly and unexpectedly."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"So take your stand with your spells"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and with your many sorceries,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"with which you have wearied yourself"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from your youth."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Perhaps you will succeed;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"perhaps you will inspire terror!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you — your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You are wearied by your many counselors;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let them come forward now and save you —"},{"style":"indent1","t":"your astrologers who observe the stars,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who monthly predict your fate."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely they are like stubble;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the fire will burn them up."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They cannot deliver themselves"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the power of the flame."},{"style":"indent1","t":"There will be no coals to warm them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or fire to sit beside."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"This is what they are to you — those with whom you have labored and traded from youth — each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.[’’]","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"This is what they are to you —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"those with whom you have labored and traded from youth —"},{"style":"indent1","t":"each one strays in his own direction;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"not one of them can save you.[’’]"}],"style":"indent1"}]}