Isaiah 47

Lament for Babylon

1“1ComeH3381 downH3381 and sitH3427 in the dustH6083, O 2virginH1330 3daughterH1323 of BabylonH894; SitH3427 on the groundH776 withoutH369 a throneH3678, O daughterH1323 of the ChaldeansH3778! For you shall noH3808 longerH3254 be calledH7121 4tenderH7390 and delicateH6028.2TakeH3947 the 5millstonesH7347 and 6grindH2912 mealH7058. RemoveH1540 your 7veilH6777, 8stripH2834 offH2834 the skirtH7640, UncoverH1540 the legH7785, crossH5674 the riversH5104.3Your 9nakednessH6172 will be uncoveredH1540, Your shameH2781 alsoH1571 will be exposedH7200; I will 10takeH3947 vengeanceH5359 and will not 11spareH6293 a manH120.”4Our 12RedeemerH1350, the LordH3068 of hostsH6635 is His nameH8034, The HolyH6918 OneH6918 of IsraelH3478.5“13SitH3427 silentlyH1748, and goH935 into 14darknessH2822, O daughterH1323 of the ChaldeansH3778, For you will noH3808 longerH3254 be calledH7121 The 15queenH1404 of 16kingdomsH4467.6I was angryH7107 with My peopleH5971, I profanedH2490 My heritageH5159 And gaveH5414 them into your handH3027. You did not showH7760 mercyH7356 to them, On the 17agedH2205 you madeH3513 your yokeH5923 veryH3966 heavyH3513.7Yet you saidH559, ‘I will be a 18queenH1404 foreverH5703H5769.’ TheseH428 thingsH428 you did not 19considerH7760H5921H3820 NorH3808 rememberH2142 the 20outcomeH319 of 21them.

8“NowH6258, then, hearH8085 thisH2088, you 22sensualH5719 oneH5719, Who 23dwellsH3427 securelyH983, Who saysH559 in 24your heartH3824, ‘25I am, and thereH657 is noH657 oneH657 besidesH5750 me. I will 26not sitH3427 as a widowH490, NorH3808 knowH3045 lossH7908 of childrenH7908.’9But theseH428 27twoH8147 thingsH8147 will comeH935 on you 28suddenlyH7281 in oneH259 dayH3117: LossH7908 of childrenH7908 and widowhoodH489. They will comeH935 on you in fullH8537 measureH8537 In spite of your manyH7230 29sorceriesH3785, In spite of the greatH3966 powerH6109 of your spellsH2267.10You feltH982 30secureH982 in your wickednessH7463 and saidH559, ‘31NoH369 oneH369 seesH7200 me,’ Your 32wisdomH2451 and your knowledgeH1847, 33they have deludedH7725 you; For you have saidH559 in your heartH3820, ‘34I am, and thereH657 is noH657 oneH657 besidesH5750 me.’11But 35evilH7463 will comeH935 on you Which you will not knowH3045 how to charmH7837 awayH7837; And disasterH1943 will fallH5307 on you For which you cannotH3201H3808 atoneH3722; And 36destructionH7724 about which you do not knowH3045 Will comeH935 on you 37suddenlyH6597.

12“StandH5975 fast nowH4994 in your 38spellsH2267 And in your manyH7230 sorceriesH3785 With whichH834 you have laboredH3021 from your youthH5271; PerhapsH194 you will be ableH3201 to profitH3276, PerhapsH194 you may causeH6206 tremblingH6206.13You are 39weariedH3811 with your manyH7230 counselsH6098; Let nowH4994 the 40astrologersH1895H8064, Those who prophesyH2372 by the starsH3556, Those who predictH3045 by the newH2320 moonsH2320, StandH5975 up and 41saveH3467 you from whatH834 will comeH935 upon you.14BeholdH2009, they have becomeH1961 42like stubbleH7179, 43FireH784 burnsH8313 them; They cannotH3808 deliverH5337 themselvesH5315 from the powerH3027 of the flameH3852; ThereH369 will be 44noH369 coalH1513 to warmH2552 by Nor a fireH217 to sitH3427 beforeH5048!15SoH3651 have those becomeH1961 to you with whomH834 you have laboredH3021, Who have 45traffickedH5503 with you from your youthH5271; EachH376 has wanderedH8582 in his own 46wayH5676; ThereH369 is 47noneH369 to saveH3467 you.