Isaiah 47:1

רְדִי ׀ וּשְׁבִי עַל ־ עָפָר בְּתוּלַת בַּת ־ בָּבֶל שְׁבִי ־ לָאָרֶץ אֵין ־ כִּסֵּא בַּת ־ כַּשְׂדִּים כִּי לֹא תוֹסִיפִי יִקְרְאוּ ־ לָךְ רַכָּה וַעֲנֻגָּֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2קְחִי רֵחַיִם וְטַחֲנִי קָמַח גַּלִּי צַמָּתֵךְ חֶשְׂפִּי ־ שֹׁבֶל גַּלִּי ־ שׁוֹק עִבְרִי נְהָרֽוֹת ׃

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Cross References

Job 2:8וַיִּֽקַּֽח ־ לוֹ חֶרֶשׂ לְהִתְגָּרֵד בּוֹ וְהוּא יֹשֵׁב בְּתוֹךְ ־ הָאֵֽפֶר ׃

Psalms 18:27עִם ־ נָבָר תִּתְבָּרָר וְעִם ־ עִקֵּשׁ תִּתְפַּתָּֽל ׃

Psalms 137:8בַּת ־ בָּבֶל הַשְּׁדוּדָה אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם ־ לָךְ אֶת ־ גְּמוּלֵךְ שֶׁגָּמַלְתְּ לָֽנוּ ׃

Isaiah 13:1מַשָּׂא בָּבֶל אֲשֶׁר חָזָה יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶּן ־ אָמֽוֹץ ׃

Isaiah 14:1כִּי יְרַחֵם יְהוָה אֶֽת ־ יַעֲקֹב וּבָחַר עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וְהִנִּיחָם עַל ־ אַדְמָתָם וְנִלְוָה הַגֵּר עֲלֵיהֶם וְנִסְפְּחוּ עַל ־ בֵּית יַעֲקֹֽב ׃

Isaiah 14:14אֶעֱלֶה עַל ־ בָּמֳתֵי עָב אֶדַּמֶּה לְעֶלְיֽוֹן ׃

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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