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Isaiah

ESV

Chapter 47

1Come 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. 2Take the millstones and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off your skirt, uncover your leg, pass through the rivers. 3Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your disgrace shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will spare no one. 4Our Redeemer—the LORD of hosts is his name—is the Holy One of Israel. 5Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms. 6I 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. 7You said, “I shall be a mistress forever.” You did not lay these things to heart or remember their end. 8Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, “I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, nor know the loss of children”: 9These two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day: the loss of children and widowhood; they shall come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the great power of your enchantments. 10You 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 else besides me.” 11But evil shall come upon you, which you will not know how to charm away; disaster shall fall upon you, which you will not be able to avert; and ruin will come upon you suddenly, of which you know nothing. 12Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have toiled from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed; perhaps you may terrify. 13You 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. 14Behold, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coal for warming oneself, no fire to sit before! 15Such to you are those with whom you have toiled, who have trafficked with you from your youth; they wander each to his own way; there is no one to save you.

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