Isaiah 47

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1Come 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.56 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:33, Psalms 137:8, Jeremiah 50:42, Zechariah 2:7, Jeremiah 46:11
2Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.28 cross-references: Matthew 24:41, Exodus 11:5, Judges 16:21, Isaiah 20:4, Luke 17:35
3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.33 cross-references: Nahum 3:5, Jeremiah 51:20–24, Revelation 16:19, Jeremiah 50:27–28, Jeremiah 13:22
4As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.20 cross-references: Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 43:14, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 49:26, Isaiah 43:3
5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.33 cross-references: Habakkuk 2:20, Revelation 18:16–19, Isaiah 47:7, Zechariah 2:13, Matthew 22:12–13
6I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.54 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 28:9, Zechariah 1:15, Deuteronomy 28:50, Obadiah 1:10, James 2:13
7And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.35 cross-references: Deuteronomy 32:29, Isaiah 47:5, Jeremiah 5:31, Ezekiel 29:3, Isaiah 46:8–9
8Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:32 cross-references: Zephaniah 2:15, Isaiah 32:9, Jeremiah 50:11, Isaiah 47:10, Isaiah 45:6
9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.40 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Psalms 73:19, Nahum 3:4, Isaiah 47:12–13, Revelation 18:8–10
10For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.32 cross-references: Isaiah 5:21, Isaiah 29:15, Romans 1:22, Psalms 52:7, Ezekiel 8:12
11Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.18 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Revelation 18:9–10, Exodus 12:29–30, Daniel 5:25–30, Luke 12:59
12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.46 cross-references: Acts 13:8–12, Jeremiah 2:28, Nahum 3:4, Isaiah 47:9–10, Revelation 17:4–6
13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.19 cross-references: Isaiah 44:25, Daniel 2:2–10, Ezekiel 24:12, Jeremiah 51:58, Isaiah 57:10
14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.24 cross-references: Malachi 4:1, Nahum 1:10, Isaiah 10:17, Ezekiel 15:7, Matthew 10:28
15Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.11 cross-references: Revelation 18:11–19, Isaiah 56:11, Jeremiah 51:6–9, Ezekiel 27:12–25

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