47:1 Come down, sit on the ground, O virgin
daughter of Babylon: sit on the ground, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for
thou shalt no more be called tender and luxurious.
47:2 Take a millstone, grind meal: remove thy veil, uncover thy white hairs,
make bare the leg, pass through the rivers.
47:3 Thy shame shall be uncovered, thy reproaches shall be brought to light:
I will exact of thee due vengeance, I will no longer deliver thee to men.
47:4 Thy deliverer is the Lord of hosts, the Holy One of Israel is his name.
47:5 Sit thou down pierced with woe, go into darkness, O daughter of the
Chaldeans: thou shalt no more be called the strength of a kingdom.
47:6 I have been provoked with my people; thou hast defiled mine
inheritance: I gave them into thy hand, but thou didst not extend mercy to
them: thou madest the yoke of the aged man very heavy,
47:7 and saidst, I shall be a princess for ever: thou didst not perceive
these things in thine heart, nor didst thou remember the latter end.
47:8 But now hear these words, thou luxurious one, [who art] the one that
sits [at ease], that is secure, that says in her heart, I am, and there is
not another; I shall not sit a widow, neither shall I know bereavement.
47:9 But now these two things shall come upon thee suddenly in one day, the
loss of children and widowhood shall come suddenly upon thee, for thy
sorcery, for the strength of tine enchantments,
47:10 for thy trusting in wickedness: for thou saidst, I am, and there is
not another: know thou, the understanding of these things and thy harlotry
shall be thy shame; for thou saidst in thy heart, I am, and there is not
another.
47:11 And destruction shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not be aware;
[there shall be a] pit, and thou shalt fall into it: and grief shall come
upon thee, and thou shalt not be able to be clear; and destruction shall
come suddenly upon thee, and thou shalt not know.
47:12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the abundance of thy
sorcery, which thou hast learned from thy youth; if thou canst be profited.
47:13 Thou art wearied in thy counsels. Let now the astrologers of the
heaven stand and deliver thee, let them that see the stars tell thee what is
about to come upon thee.
47:14 Behold, they all shall be burnt up as sticks in the fire; neither
shall they at all deliver their life from the flame. Because thou hast coals
of fire, sit thou upon them;
47:15 these shall be thy help. Thou hast wearied thyself with traffic from
thy youth: every man has wandered to his own home, but thou shalt have no
deliverance. |
47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O
virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O
daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and
delicate.
47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the
leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will
take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
47:4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of
Israel.
47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the
Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given
them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast
thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
47:7 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.
47:8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that
dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside
me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
47:9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, 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.
47:10 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 beside me.
47:11 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.
47:12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy
sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be
able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
47:13 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.
47:14 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.
47:15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy
merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none
shall save thee. |