Isaiah 47

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Isaiah 47

Lament for Babylon

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“^(A)Come down and sit in the dust,
O ^(B)virgin ^(C)daughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no longer be called ^(D)tender and delicate.

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“Take the ^(E)millstones and ^(F)grind meal.
Remove your ^(G)veil, ^(H)strip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.

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“Your ^(I)nakedness will be uncovered,
Your shame also will be exposed;
I will ^(J)take vengeance and will not ^(a)spare a man.”

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Our ^(K)Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name,
The Holy One of Israel.

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“^(L)Sit silently, and go into ^(M)darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans,
For you will no longer be called
The ^(N)queen of ^(O)kingdoms.

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“I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the ^(P)aged you made your yoke very heavy.

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“Yet you said, ‘I will be a ^(Q)queen forever.’
These things you did not ^(R)consider
Nor remember the ^(S)outcome of ^(b)them.

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“Now, then, hear this, you ^(T)sensual one,
Who ^(U)dwells securely,
Who says in ^(c)your heart,
‘^(V)I am, and there is no one besides me.
I will ^(W)not sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.’

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“But these ^(X)two things will come on you ^(Y)suddenly in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many ^(Z)sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your spells.

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“You felt ^(AA)secure in your wickedness and said,
‘^(AB)No one sees me,’
Your ^(AC)wisdom and your knowledge, ^(d)they have deluded you;
For you have said in your heart,
‘^(AD)I am, and there is no one besides me.’

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“But ^(AE)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 ^(AF)destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you ^(AG)suddenly.

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“Stand fast now in your ^(AH)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 ^(AI)wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the ^(AJ)astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and ^(AK)save you from what will come upon you.

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“Behold, they have become ^(AL)like stubble,
^(AM)Fire burns them;
They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame;
There will be ^(AN)no coal to warm by
Nor a fire to sit before!

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“So have those become to you with whom you have labored,
Who have ^(AO)trafficked with you from your youth;
Each has wandered in his own ^(e)way;
There is ^(AP)none to save you.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 47:3: ['Lit ', meet]

b. Isaiah 47:7: ['Lit ', it]

c. Isaiah 47:8: ['Lit ', her]

d. Isaiah 47:10: ['Lit ', it has]

e. Isaiah 47:15: ['Lit ', side, region]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 47:1: Isaiah 3:26; Jeremiah 48:18

B. Isaiah 47:1: Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 37:22; Jeremiah 46:11

C. Isaiah 47:1: Psalm 137:8; Jeremiah 50:42; Jeremiah 51:33; Zechariah 2:7

D. Isaiah 47:1: Deuteronomy 28:56

E. Isaiah 47:2: Exodus 11:5; Jeremiah 25:10

F. Isaiah 47:2: Job 31:10; Matthew 24:41

G. Isaiah 47:2: Genesis 24:65; Isaiah 3:23; 1 Corinthians 11:5

H. Isaiah 47:2: Isaiah 32:11

I. Isaiah 47:3: Ezekiel 16:37; Nahum 3:5

J. Isaiah 47:3: Isaiah 34:8; Isaiah 63:4

K. Isaiah 47:4: Isaiah 41:14

L. Isaiah 47:5: Isaiah 23:2; Jeremiah 8:14; Lamentations 2:10

M. Isaiah 47:5: Isaiah 13:10

N. Isaiah 47:5: Isaiah 47:7

O. Isaiah 47:5: Isaiah 13:19; Daniel 2:37

P. Isaiah 47:6: Deuteronomy 28:50

Q. Isaiah 47:7: Isaiah 47:5

R. Isaiah 47:7: Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 57:11

S. Isaiah 47:7: Deuteronomy 32:29; Jeremiah 5:31; Ezekiel 7:2; Ezekiel 7:3

T. Isaiah 47:8: Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 32:9; Jeremiah 50:11

U. Isaiah 47:8: Isaiah 32:9; Isaiah 32:11; Zephaniah 2:15

V. Isaiah 47:8: Isaiah 45:5; Isaiah 45:6; Isaiah 45:18; Isaiah 47:10; Zephaniah 2:15

W. Isaiah 47:8: Revelation 18:7

X. Isaiah 47:9: Isaiah 13:16; Isaiah 13:18; Isaiah 14:22

Y. Isaiah 47:9: Psalm 73:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Revelation 18:8; Revelation 18:10

Z. Isaiah 47:9: Isaiah 47:13; Nahum 3:4; Revelation 18:23

AA. Isaiah 47:10: Psalm 52:7; Psalm 62:10; Isaiah 59:4

AB. Isaiah 47:10: Isaiah 29:15; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9

AC. Isaiah 47:10: Isaiah 5:21; Isaiah 44:20

AD. Isaiah 47:10: Isaiah 47:8

AE. Isaiah 47:11: Isaiah 57:1

AF. Isaiah 47:11: Isaiah 13:6; Jeremiah 51:8; Jeremiah 51:43; Luke 17:27; 1 Thessalonians 5:3

AG. Isaiah 47:11: Isaiah 47:9

AH. Isaiah 47:12: Isaiah 47:9

AI. Isaiah 47:13: Jeremiah 51:58; Jeremiah 51:64

AJ. Isaiah 47:13: Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 44:25; Isaiah 47:9; Daniel 2:2; Daniel 2:10

AK. Isaiah 47:13: Isaiah 47:15

AL. Isaiah 47:14: Isaiah 5:24; Nahum 1:10; Malachi 4:1

AM. Isaiah 47:14: Isaiah 10:17; Jeremiah 51:30; Jeremiah 51:32; Jeremiah 51:58

AN. Isaiah 47:14: Isaiah 44:16

AO. Isaiah 47:15: Revelation 18:11

AP. Isaiah 47:15: Isaiah 5:29; Isaiah 43:13; Isaiah 46:7