Isaiah 47:2

Take the millstones, and grind flour. 2 Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs, 2 and wade through the rivers. 1

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In The King James Version

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

In Context

1“Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon [Confusion]. 2 Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans [Descendants of Loving-kindness]. 2 For you will no longer be called tender and delicate. 1

3Your nakedness will be uncovered. 2 Yes, your shame will be seen. 1 I will take vengeance, 2 and will spare no one.” 1

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Cross References

Exodus 11:5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery] shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of livestock.

Isaiah 3:17therefore 'Adonay [Lord] brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], 2 and Adonai will make their scalps bald.”

Isaiah 32:11Tremble, you women who are at ease! 2 Be troubled, you careless ones! 2 Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, 2 and put sackcloth on your waist. 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 →

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