Isaiah 47:1–7

Babylon’s Fall

47 Come down and sit on the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon!

Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of Chaldea!

For ⌊they shall no longer call⌋a you tender and delicate.

2 Take the pair of mill stones and grind flour!

Uncover your veil,

strip off your skirt,

uncover your thigh,

pass through the rivers!

3 Your nakedness shall be exposed;

indeed, your shame shall become visible.

I will take vengeance

and I will not ⌊spare⌋b a person.

4 Our redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is his name, the holy one of Israel.

5 Sit silently and go into the darkness, daughter of Chaldea,

for ⌊they shall no longer call⌋c you mistress of kingdoms.

6 I was angry with my people;

I profaned my inheritance,

and I gave them into your hand.

You did not ⌊give⌋d them mercy;

on the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

7 And you said, “I shall be an eternal mistress forever!”

You did not set these things upon your heart;

you did not remember its end.