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Isaiah 47 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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The Humiliation of Babylon

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1 - 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 more be called
tender and delicate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:2 - Take the millstones and grind flour,
put off your veil,
strip off your robe, uncover your legs,
pass through the rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:3 - Your nakedness shall be uncovered,
and your disgrace shall be seen.
I will take vengeance,
and I will spare no one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:4 - Our Redeemer—the LORD of hosts is his name—
is the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:5 - Sit in silence, and go into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans;
for you shall no more be called
the mistress of kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - I was angry with my people;
I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand;
you showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:7 - You said, “I shall be mistress forever,”
so that you did not lay these things to heart
or remember their end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 - Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures,
who sit securely,
who say in your heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow
or know the loss of children”:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:9 - These two things shall come to you
in a moment, in one day;
the loss of children and widowhood
shall come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the great power of your enchantments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 - You felt secure in your wickedness;
you said, “No one sees me”;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - But evil shall come upon you,
which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
for which you will not be able to atone;
and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 - Stand fast in your enchantments
and your many sorceries,
with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
perhaps you may inspire terror.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 - You are wearied with your many counsels;
let them stand forth and save you,
those who divide the heavens,
who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known
what shall come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 - Behold, they are like stubble;
the fire consumes them;
they cannot deliver themselves
from the power of the flame.
No coal for warming oneself is this,
no fire to sit before!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - Such to you are those with whom you have labored,
who have done business with you from your youth;
they wander about, each in his own direction;
there is no one to save you.
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Isaiah Chapter 47 — Additional Translations:

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