Isaiah 47:2
Take a millstone, grind meal: remove thy veil, uncover thy white hairs, make bare the leg, pass through the rivers.
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Exodus 11:5And every first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharao that sits on the throne, even to the first-born of the woman-servant that is by the mill, and to the first-born of all cattle.
1 Chronicles 19:4And Anan took the servants of David, and shaved them, and cut off the half of their garments as far as their tunic, and sent them away.
Isaiah 3:17therefore the Lord will humble the chief daughters of Sion, and the Lord will expose their form in that day;
Isaiah 32:11Be amazed, be pained, ye confident ones: strip you, bare yourselves, gird your loins;
Jeremiah 13:26I also will expose thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall be seen;
Lamentations 5:13The chosen men lifted up the voice in weeping, and the youths fainted under the wood.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 47:2-7
Babylon Threatened. ( b. c. 708.) 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. 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 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. 4 As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the… Read the whole commentary →