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 firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits on the throne, even to the firstborn of the maidservant that is by the mill, and to the firstborn of all cattle.
1 Chronicles 19:4And Hanun 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 Zion, 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, 1 And the youths fainted under the wood. 1
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 →