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Isaiah 47 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Lament for Babylon

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“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.

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“Take the millstones and grind flour.

Uncover your veil, strip off the skirt,

Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.

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“Your nakedness will be uncovered;

Your reproach also will be seen;

I will take vengeance and will not [fn]spare a man.”

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Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is His name,

The Holy One of Israel.

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“Sit silently, and go into darkness,

O daughter of the Chaldeans,

For you will no longer be called

The queen of kingdoms.

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“I was furious with My people;

I profaned My inheritance

And gave them into your hand.

You did not show compassion to them,

On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

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“Yet you said, ‘I will be a queen forever.’

These things you did not put on your heart

Nor remember the outcome of [fn]them.

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“So now, hear this, you sensual one,

Who sits securely,

Who says in [fn]your heart,

‘I am, and there is no one besides me.

I will not sit as a widow,

Nor know loss of children.’

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“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 might of your spells.

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“You felt secure in your evil and said,

‘No one sees me,’

Your wisdom and your knowledge [fn]have turned you astray;

So you have said in your heart,

‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’

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“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.

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“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.

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“You are wearied with your many counsels;

Let now the astrologers,

Those who behold visions by the stars,

Those who predict by the new moons,

Stand up and save you from what will come upon you.

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“Behold, they have become like stubble,

Fire burns them;

They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame;

There will be no coal to warm by

Nor a fire to sit before!

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“Thus they have become for you, those among whom you have labored,

Who have traded with you from your youth;

Each has wandered in his own [fn]way;

There is none to save you.

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