Isaiah 47
Judgment on
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Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin
daughter of Babylon, Is. 13.1--14.23 · Jer. 50.1--51.64 sit
on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the
Chalde'ans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and
delicate.
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Take the millstones, and grind meal:
uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over
the rivers.
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Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea,
thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
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As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of
Israel.
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Sit thou silent, and get thee into
darkness, O daughter of the Chalde'ans: for thou shalt no more be
called, The lady of kingdoms.
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I was wroth with my people, I have
polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou
didst show them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily
laid thy yoke.
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And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for
ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy
heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
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Therefore hear now this, thou that
art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in
thine heart, I am, and none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of
children:
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but these two things shall come to
thee in a moment in one day, Rev. 18.7, 8 the
loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their
perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the
great abundance of thine enchantments.
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For thou hast trusted in thy
wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy
knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine
heart, I am, and none else besides me.
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Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou
shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon
thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall
come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
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Stand now with thine enchantments, and
with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from
thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou
mayest prevail.
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Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy
counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly
prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
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Behold, they shall be as stubble; the
fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the
power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm
at, nor fire to sit before it.
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Thus shall they be unto thee with whom
thou hast labored, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they
shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save
thee.
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