Isaiah 47:1

Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called delicate and tender.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.

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Cross References

Job 2:8And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.

Psalms 18:27And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.

Psalms 137:8The sun to rule over the day: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaias the son of Amos saw.

Isaiah 14:1Her time is near at hand, and her days shall not be prolonged. For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose out of Israel, and will make them rest upon their own ground: and the stranger shall be joined with them, and shall adhere to the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 14:14I will ascend above the height of the clouds, I will be like the most High.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 47:1

Infinite Wisdom could have ordered things so that Israel might have been released and yet Babylon unhurt; but if they will harden their hearts, and will not let the people go, they must thank themselves that their ruin is made to pave the way to Israel's release. That ruin is here, in this chapter, largely foretold, not to gratify a spirit of revenge in the people of God, who had been used barbarously by them, but to encourage their faith and hope concerning their own deliverance, and to be a type of the downfall… Read the whole commentary →

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