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Isaiah 47

Lament for Babylon

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aCome down and sit in the dust, O  bvirgin  cdaughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no longer be called  dtender and delicate.

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"Take the  amillstones and  bgrind meal. Remove your  cveil,  dstrip off the skirt, Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.

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"Your  anakedness will be uncovered, Your shame also will be exposed; I will  btake vengeance and will not  1spare a man."

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Our  aRedeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel.

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aSit silently, and go into  bdarkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For you will no longer be called The  cqueen of  dkingdoms.

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"I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage And gave them into your hand. You did not show mercy to them, On the  aaged you made your yoke very heavy.

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"Yet you said, `I will be a  aqueen forever.' These things you did not  bconsider Nor remember the  coutcome of  1them.

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"Now, then, hear this, you  asensual one, Who  bdwells securely, Who says in  1your heart, ` cI am, and there is no one besides me. I will  dnot sit as a widow, Nor know loss of children.'

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"But these  atwo things will come on you  bsuddenly in one day: Loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in full measure In spite of your many  csorceries, In spite of the great power of your spells.

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"You felt  asecure in your wickedness and said, ` bNo one sees me,' Your  cwisdom and your knowledge,  1they have deluded you; For you have said in your heart, ` dI am, and there is no one besides me.'

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"But  aevil will come on you Which you will not know how to charm away; And disaster will fall on you For which you cannot atone; And  bdestruction about which you do not know Will come on you  csuddenly.

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"Stand fast now in your  aspells And in your many sorceries With which you have labored from your youth; Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you may cause trembling.

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"You are  awearied with your many counsels; Let now the  bastrologers, Those who prophesy by the stars, Those who predict by the new moons, Stand up and  csave you from what will come upon you.

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"Behold, they have become  alike stubble,  bFire burns them; They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame; There will be  cno coal to warm by Nor a fire to sit before!

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"So have those become to you with whom you have labored, Who have  atrafficked with you from your youth; Each has wandered in his own  1way; There is  bnone to save you.



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