Isaiah 47

¹Come 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 more be called tender and delicate .

²Take the millstones and grind flour , put off your veil , strip off your robe , uncover your legs , pass through the rivers .

³Your nakedness shall be uncovered , and your disgrace shall be seen . I will take vengeance , and I will spare no one .

⁴Our Redeemer —the Lord of hosts is his name — is the Holy One of Israel .

⁵Sit in silence , and go into darkness , O daughter of the Chaldeans ; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms .

⁶I was angry with my people ; I profaned my heritage ; I gave them into your hand ; you showed them no mercy ; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy .

⁷You said , I shall be mistress forever , so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end .

⁸Now therefore hear this , you lover of pleasures , who sit securely , who say in your heart , I am, and there is no one besides me; I shall not sit as a widow or know the loss of children :

⁹These two things shall come to you in a moment , in one day ; the loss of children and widowhood shall come upon you in full measure , in spite of your many sorceries and the great power of your enchantments .

¹⁰You 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 there is no one besides me.

¹¹But evil shall come upon you, which you will not know how to charm away ; disaster shall fall upon you, for which you will not be able to atone ; and ruin shall come upon you suddenly , of which you know nothing .

¹²Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries , with which you have labored from your youth ; perhaps you may be able to succeed ; perhaps you may inspire terror .

¹³You are wearied with your many counsels ; let them stand forth and save you, those who divide the heavens , who gaze at the stars , who at the new moons make known what shall come upon you.

¹⁴Behold , they are like stubble ; the fire consumes them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame . No coal for warming oneself is this, no fire to sit before !

¹⁵Such to you are those with whom you have labored , who have done business with you from your youth ; they wander about , each in his own direction ; there is no one to save you.