Chapter 47

Come down,³ and sit³ in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit³ on the ground: [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more⁵⁵ be called⁴ tender and delicate.

Take³ the millstones, and grind³ meal: uncover¹⁶ thy locks, make bare³ the leg, uncover¹⁶ the thigh, pass³ over the rivers.

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered,¹¹ yea, thy shame shall be seen:¹¹ I will take⁴ vengeance, and I will not meet⁴ [thee as] a man.

[As for] our redeemer,⁶ the LORD of hosts [is] his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Sit³ thou silent, and get³ thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more⁵⁵ be called,⁴ The lady of kingdoms.

I was wroth¹ with my people, I have polluted¹⁴ mine inheritance, and given⁴ them into thine hand: thou didst shew¹ them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid⁵² thy yoke.

And thou saidst,⁴ I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay¹ these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember¹ the latter end of it.

Therefore hear³ now this, [thou that art] given to pleasures, that dwellest⁶ carelessly, that sayest⁶ in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me; I shall not sit⁴ [as] a widow, neither shall I know⁴ the loss of children:

But these two [things] shall come⁴ to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come¹ upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

For thou hast trusted⁴ in thy wickedness: thou hast said,¹ None seeth⁶ me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted³¹ thee; and thou hast said⁴ in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.

Therefore shall evil come¹ upon thee; thou shalt not know⁴ from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall⁴ upon thee; thou shalt not be able⁴ to put it off:¹⁵ and desolation shall come⁴ upon thee suddenly, [which] thou shalt not know.⁴

Stand³ now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured¹ from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able⁴ to profit,⁵³ if so be thou mayest prevail.⁴

Thou art wearied⁸ in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers,^{6 8064} the stargazers, ³⁵⁵⁶ the monthly prognosticators,⁵⁶ stand up,⁴ and save⁵⁵ thee from [these things] that shall come⁴ upon thee.

Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn¹ them; they shall not deliver⁵⁵ themselves from the power of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm² at, [nor] fire to sit² before it.

Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured,¹ [even] thy merchants,⁶ from thy youth: they shall wander¹ every one to his quarter; none shall save⁵⁶ thee.