LEB - Isaiah - 47

47:1  Come down and sit on the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of Chaldea! For ⌞they shall no longer call⌟ you tender and delicate.

47:2  Take the pair of mill stones and grind flour! Uncover your veil, strip off your skirt, uncover your thigh, pass through the rivers!

47:3  Your nakedness shall be exposed; indeed, your shame shall become visible. I will take vengeance and I will not ⌞spare⌟ a person.

47:4  Our redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is his name, the holy one of Israel.

47:5  Sit silently and go into the darkness, daughter of Chaldea, for ⌞they shall no longer call⌟ you mistress of kingdoms.

47:6  I was angry with my people; I profaned my inheritance, and I gave them into your hand. You did not ⌞give⌟ them mercy; on the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

47:7  And you said, “I shall be an eternal mistress forever!” You did not set these things upon your heart; you did not remember its end.

47:8  Therefore now hear this, luxuriant one who sits in security, who says in her heart, “I am, and besides me there is no one. I shall not sit as a widow, and I shall not know the loss of children.”

47:9  And these two shall come to you in a moment, in one day: the loss of children and widowhood shall come on you ⌞completely⌟, in spite of your many sorceries, in spite of the power of your great enchantments.

47:10  And you 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 besides me there is no one.”

47:11  And evil shall come upon you, you will not know; it will be on the lookout for her. And disaster shall fall upon you; you will not be able to ⌞avert⌟ it. And ruin shall come on you suddenly; you do not know.

47:12  Stand, now, in your enchantments, and in your many sorceries with which you have labored from your youth. Perhaps you may be able to benefit; perhaps you may ⌞scare away⌟.

47:13  You struggle with your many consultations; let them stand, now, and save you— those who see the stars, divide the ⌞celestial sphere⌟, who inform by new moons— from those things that are coming upon you.

47:14  Look! They are like stubble; the fire burns them completely. They cannot deliver ⌞themselves⌟ from the ⌞power⌟ of the flame; there is no coal ⌞for warming oneself⌟, no fire before which to sit.

47:15  So are to you those with whom you have labored, your traders from your youth. They wander, each to his side; there is no one who can save you.