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Lament
for Babylon |
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| Isaiah 47:1 |
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"Come 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 longer be called tender and delicate. |
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| Isaiah 47:2 |
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"Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove
your veil, strip off the skirt, Uncover the leg, cross the rivers. |
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| Isaiah 47:3 |
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"Your nakedness will be uncovered, Your shame
also will be exposed; I will take vengeance and will not spare a man." |
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| Isaiah 47:4 |
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Our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name,
The Holy One of Israel. |
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| Isaiah 47:5 |
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"Sit silently, and go into darkness, O daughter
of the Chaldeans, For you will no longer be called The queen of kingdoms. |
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| Isaiah 47:6 |
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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 aged you
made your yoke very heavy. |
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| Isaiah 47:7 |
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"Yet you said, 'I will be a queen forever.'
These things you did not consider Nor remember the outcome of them. |
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| Isaiah 47:8 |
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"Now, then, hear this, you sensual one, Who
dwells securely, Who says in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.
I will not sit as a widow, Nor know loss of children.' |
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| Isaiah 47:9 |
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"But these two things will come on you suddenly
in one day: Loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many sorceries, In spite of the great power of your spells. |
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| Isaiah 47:10 |
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"You felt secure in your wickedness and said,
'No one sees me,' Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you; For you
have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' |
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| Isaiah 47:11 |
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"But 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 destruction about which you do not know Will come on you suddenly. |
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| Isaiah 47:12 |
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"Stand fast now in your 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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| Isaiah 47:13 |
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"You are wearied with your many counsels; Let
now the astrologers, Those who prophesy by the stars, Those who predict by the
new moons, Stand up and save you from what will come upon you. |
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| Isaiah 47:14 |
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"Behold, they have become like stubble, Fire
burns them; They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame; There
will be no coal to warm by Nor a fire to sit before! |
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| Isaiah 47:15 |
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"So have those become to you with whom you have
labored, Who have trafficked with you from your youth; Each has wandered in his
own way; There is none to save you. |
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