Isaiah 47 - New International Version (NIV)

The Fall of Babylon

47 “Go down, sit in the dust,(A)
Virgin Daughter(B) Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
queen city of the Babylonians.[a](C)
No more will you be called
tender or delicate.(D)
2 Take millstones(E) and grind(F) flour;
take off your veil.(G)
Lift up your skirts,(H) bare your legs,
and wade through the streams.
3 Your nakedness(I) will be exposed
and your shame(J) uncovered.
I will take vengeance;(K)
I will spare no one.(L)”

4 Our Redeemer(M)—the Lord Almighty(N) is his name(O)—
is the Holy One(P) of Israel.

5 “Sit in silence,(Q) go into darkness,(R)
queen city of the Babylonians;(S)
no more will you be called
queen(T) of kingdoms.(U)
6 I was angry(V) with my people
and desecrated my inheritance;(W)
I gave them into your hand,(X)
and you showed them no mercy.(Y)
Even on the aged
you laid a very heavy yoke.
7 You said, ‘I am forever(Z)—
the eternal queen!’(AA)
But you did not consider these things
or reflect(AB) on what might happen.(AC)

8 “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
lounging in your security(AD)
and saying to yourself,
‘I am, and there is none besides me.(AE)
I will never be a widow(AF)
or suffer the loss of children.’
9 Both of these will overtake you
in a moment,(AG) on a single day:
loss of children(AH) and widowhood.(AI)
They will come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries(AJ)
and all your potent spells.(AK)
10 You have trusted(AL) in your wickedness
and have said, ‘No one sees me.’(AM)
Your wisdom(AN) and knowledge mislead(AO) you
when you say to yourself,
‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
11 Disaster(AP) will come upon you,
and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
will suddenly(AQ) come upon you.

12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
and with your many sorceries,(AR)
which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
perhaps you will cause terror.
13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!(AS)
Let your astrologers(AT) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
let them save(AU) you from what is coming upon you.
14 Surely they are like stubble;(AV)
the fire(AW) will burn them up.
They cannot even save themselves
from the power of the flame.(AX)
These are not coals for warmth;
this is not a fire to sit by.
15 That is all they are to you—
these you have dealt with
and labored(AY) with since childhood.
All of them go on in their error;
there is not one that can save(AZ) you.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 5

Cross references

  1. Isaiah 47:1 : S Job 2:13; S Isa 29:4
  2. Isaiah 47:1 : S Isa 21:9; S 23:12
  3. Isaiah 47:1 : Ps 137:8; Jer 50:42; 51:33; Zec 2:7
  4. Isaiah 47:1 : Dt 28:56
  5. Isaiah 47:2 : Ex 11:5; Mt 24:41
  6. Isaiah 47:2 : S Jdg 16:21
  7. Isaiah 47:2 : S Ge 24:65
  8. Isaiah 47:2 : S Isa 32:11
  9. Isaiah 47:3 : S Ge 2:25; Eze 16:37; Na 3:5
  10. Isaiah 47:3 : S Isa 20:4
  11. Isaiah 47:3 : S Isa 1:24; S 34:8
  12. Isaiah 47:3 : Isa 13:18-19
  13. Isaiah 47:4 : S Job 19:25
  14. Isaiah 47:4 : S Isa 13:4
  15. Isaiah 47:4 : Isa 48:2; Jer 50:34; Am 4:13
  16. Isaiah 47:4 : S Isa 1:4; 48:17
  17. Isaiah 47:5 : S Job 2:13
  18. Isaiah 47:5 : Isa 9:2; 13:10
  19. Isaiah 47:5 : S Isa 21:9
  20. Isaiah 47:5 : ver 7; La 1:1; Rev 18:7
  21. Isaiah 47:5 : S Isa 13:19; Rev 17:18
  22. Isaiah 47:6 : S 2Ch 28:9
  23. Isaiah 47:6 : S Dt 13:15; S Isa 42:24; Jer 2:7; 50:11
  24. Isaiah 47:6 : Isa 10:13
  25. Isaiah 47:6 : S Isa 14:6
  26. Isaiah 47:7 : S Isa 10:13; Da 4:30
  27. Isaiah 47:7 : S ver 5; Rev 18:7
  28. Isaiah 47:7 : S Isa 42:23, 25
  29. Isaiah 47:7 : S Dt 32:29
  30. Isaiah 47:8 : S Isa 32:9
  31. Isaiah 47:8 : S Isa 45:6
  32. Isaiah 47:8 : Isa 49:21; 54:4; La 1:1; Rev 18:7
  33. Isaiah 47:9 : S Ps 55:15; 73:19; 1Th 5:3; Rev 18:8-10
  34. Isaiah 47:9 : S Isa 13:18
  35. Isaiah 47:9 : Isa 4:1; Jer 15:8; 18:21
  36. Isaiah 47:9 : ver 12; Na 3:4; Mal 3:5
  37. Isaiah 47:9 : Dt 18:10-11; Rev 9:21; 18:23
  38. Isaiah 47:10 : S Job 15:31; Ps 52:7; 62:10
  39. Isaiah 47:10 : S 2Ki 21:16; S Isa 29:15
  40. Isaiah 47:10 : S Isa 5:21
  41. Isaiah 47:10 : Isa 44:20
  42. Isaiah 47:11 : S Isa 10:3; S 14:15; S 21:9; S 31:2; Lk 17:27
  43. Isaiah 47:11 : S Ps 55:15; S Isa 17:14; 1Th 5:3
  44. Isaiah 47:12 : S ver 9; S Ex 7:11
  45. Isaiah 47:13 : Isa 57:10; Jer 51:58; Hab 2:13
  46. Isaiah 47:13 : S Isa 19:3; S 44:25
  47. Isaiah 47:13 : ver 15; S Isa 5:29; 43:13; 46:7
  48. Isaiah 47:14 : S Isa 5:24
  49. Isaiah 47:14 : S Isa 30:30
  50. Isaiah 47:14 : Isa 10:17; Jer 51:30, 32, 58
  51. Isaiah 47:15 : Rev 18:11
  52. Isaiah 47:15 : S ver 13; S Isa 44:17

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