Isaiah 47:1-5

1‘Babylon, get down on the ground, and sit in the dirt! Come down off your throne, young lady! In the past, nobody has touched you, but people will no longer say that you are so pretty.

2Use heavy stones to make grain into flour. Take the veil off your face. Lift up your skirt. Walk through streams of water with bare legs.

3Stand there with your body completely bare! Everybody will see your great shame. I will punish you for your sins, and nobody will escape.’

4This is what the Lord Almighty says. He is our Redeemer, Israel's Holy God.

5‘You city of the Babylonians, sit there quietly! Go and hide in a dark place. People will no longer call you the queen of all kingdoms.