Isa 47
1 The Shame of Babylon
Go down, sit upon the ground, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground! There is no throne, O daughter of
the Chaldeans. For no longer shall you be added to be called tender and delicate.
2Take a millstone! Grind flour! Uncover your
face covering! Expose the gray hairs! Uncover the legs! Be passed over
the rivers!
3[
2shall be uncovered
1Your shame]; [
2shall be shone forth
1your scornings]; [
2the
3just one
4from
5you
1I will take]; no longer shall I deliver up to men.
4The one rescuing you --
the LORD of Hosts
is his name,
the holy one of Israel.
5Sit being vexed! Enter into the darkness, O daughter of
the Chaldeans! No longer should you be called,
the strength of a kingdom.
6I was provoked by my people. You defiled my inheritance. I gave them into your hand, but you did not grant [
2to them
1mercy]. [
2the
3old man
1You oppressed] by the yoke exceedingly.
7And you said, [
3into
4the
5eon
1I will be
2ruling]. You comprehended not these
things in your heart, nor remembered the latter end.
8But now hear these
things! O delicate one, O one sitting down, O one yielding. O one saying in her heart, I am, and there is not another; I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know bereavement.
9 Destruction of Babylon
But now [
2shall come
3upon
4you
1these two
things] suddenly in [
2day
1one]; childlessness and widowhood shall come suddenly upon you in your sorcery, in the strength of your enchantments -- exceedingly.
10In the hope of your wickedness, for you said, I am, and there is not another. Know that the understanding of these
things and your harlotry [
3to you
1will be
2shame]! For you said in your heart, I am, and there is not another.
11And [
2shall come
3upon
4you
1destruction]. And in no way shall you know a cesspool
is there, and you shall fall into it. And [
2shall come
3upon
4you
1misery], and in no way shall you be able [
2clean
1to be]. And [
2shall come
3upon
4you
5suddenly
1destruction], and in no way shall you know.
12Stand now! with your enchantments, and in the abundance of your sorcery! which you learned from your youth -- if you shall be able to derive benefit.
13You are tired in your counsels. Let [
5stand
6indeed
7and
8deliver
9you
1the
2astrologers
3of the
4heaven]! [
2the ones
3seeing
4the
5stars
1let] announce to you what is about to come upon you!
14Behold, all
are as sticks upon a fire, they shall be incinerated, and in no way shall they rescue their soul from out of
the flame. For you shall have coals of fire to sit by them;
15these shall be your help. You tired in the revolt from your youth. A man [
2by
3himself
1wanders], but to you there will be no deliverance.