Isaiah 47
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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.
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.
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."
Isaiah 47:4
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Our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
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!
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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