Isaiah 47:1–9
1 “aCome down and sit in the dust,
O bvirgin cdaughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no longer be called dtender and delicate.
2 “Take the amillstones and bgrind meal.
Remove your cveil, dstrip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.
3 “Your anakedness will be uncovered,
Your shame also will be exposed;
I will btake vengeance and will not 1spare a man.”
4 Our aRedeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name,
The Holy One of Israel.
5 “aSit silently, and go into bdarkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans,
For you will no longer be called
6 “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 aaged you made your yoke very heavy.
7 “Yet you said, ‘I will be a aqueen forever.’
These things you did not bconsider
Nor remember the coutcome of 1them.
8 “Now, then, hear this, you asensual one,
Who bdwells securely,
Who says in 1your heart,
‘cI am, and there is no one besides me.
I will dnot sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.’
9 “But these atwo things will come on you bsuddenly in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many csorceries,
In spite of the great power of your spells.