My LORD’s BibleIsaiah 47
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.
רְדִי ׀ וּשְׁבִי עַל־עָפָר בְּתוּלַת בַּת־בָּבֶל שְׁבִי־לָאָרֶץ אֵין־כִּסֵּא בַּת־כַּשְׂדִּים כִּי לֹא תֹוסִיפִי יִקְרְאוּ־לָךְ רַכָּה וַעֲנֻגָּה׃ (5160)
See also: Psalms 137:8, Jeremiah 51:33, Isaiah 13:1, Jeremiah 46:11, Jeremiah 50:42, Zechariah 2:7, Isaiah 3:26, Jeremiah 13:18, Jeremiah 48:18, Psalms 18:27, Isaiah 14:13-14, Isaiah 37:22, Deuteronomy 28:56-57, Job 2:8, Job 2:13, Psalms 89:44, Isaiah 23:12, Isaiah 26:5, Isaiah 47:7-9, Isaiah 52:2
2Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
קְחִי רֵחַיִם וְטַחֲנִי קָמַח גַּלִּי צַמָּתֵךְ חֶשְׂפִּי־שֹׁבֶל גַּלִּי־שֹׁוק עִבְרִי נְהָרֹות׃ (3322)
See also: Nahum 3:5, Exodus 11:5, Judges 16:21, Job 31:10, Isaiah 20:4, Matthew 24:41, Genesis 24:65, Isaiah 32:11, Ezekiel 16:37-39, Hosea 2:3, Luke 17:35, 1 Chronicles 19:4, Isaiah 3:17, Jeremiah 13:22, Jeremiah 13:26, Jeremiah 27:7, Lamentations 5:13, Micah 1:11
3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
תִּגָּל עֶרְוָתֵךְ גַּם תֵּרָאֶה חֶרְפָּתֵךְ נָקָם אֶקָּח וְלֹא אֶפְגַּע אָדָם׃ (3021)
See also: Revelation 16:15, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 2:25, Amos 4:12, Exodus 32:25, Nahum 3:5, Habakkuk 2:16, Revelation 3:18, Jeremiah 51:20-24, Jeremiah 50:27-28, Revelation 16:19, Deuteronomy 32:35, Deuteronomy 32:41-43, Psalms 94:1-2, Psalms 137:8-9, Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 34:1-8, Isaiah 59:17-18, Isaiah 63:4-6, Jeremiah 13:22
4As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
גֹּאֲלֵנוּ יְהוָה צְבָאֹות שְׁמֹו קְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (1912)
See also: Psalms 19:14, Amos 4:13, Jeremiah 50:34, Revelation 3:7, Isaiah 44:6, 2 Samuel 6:2, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 43:14, Isaiah 49:26, Isaiah 51:15, Jeremiah 46:18, Jeremiah 50:33-34, Jeremiah 51:19, Isaiah 43:3, Isaiah 48:2, Isaiah 54:5, Jeremiah 10:16, Jeremiah 31:11, Genesis 48:16
5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
שְׁבִי דוּמָם וּבֹאִי בַחֹשֶׁךְ בַּת־כַּשְׂדִּים כִּי לֹא תֹוסִיפִי יִקְרְאוּ־לָךְ גְּבֶרֶת מַמְלָכֹות׃ (3662)
See also: Isaiah 47:7, Jeremiah 30:16, Isaiah 23:2, Daniel 2:37, Micah 7:10, Habakkuk 2:20, Revelation 18:16-19, 1 Samuel 2:9, 2 Kings 19:21, Psalms 31:17, Psalms 46:10, Isaiah 13:10, Isaiah 13:19-20, Isaiah 14:4, Isaiah 14:23, Isaiah 23:12, Isaiah 47:1, Jeremiah 8:14, Jeremiah 25:10, Jeremiah 51:53
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.
קָצַפְתִּי עַל־עַמִּי חִלַּלְתִּי נַחֲלָתִי וָאֶתְּנֵם בְּיָדֵךְ לֹא־שַׂמְתְּ לָהֶם רַחֲמִים עַל־זָקֵן הִכְבַּדְתְּ עֻלֵּךְ מְאֹד׃ (4406)
See also: 2 Chronicles 28:9, Zechariah 1:15, Deuteronomy 28:50, Obadiah 1:10, James 2:13, Psalms 69:26, Jeremiah 50:33, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 14:17, Isaiah 42:24-25, Isaiah 54:8, Lamentations 1:14, Lamentations 5:12, Obadiah 1:16, 2 Samuel 24:14, Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 13:16, Isaiah 43:28, Jeremiah 50:11, Jeremiah 50:42
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.
וַתֹּאמְרִי לְעֹולָם אֶהְיֶה גְבָרֶת עַד לֹא־שַׂמְתְּ אֵלֶּה עַל־לִבֵּךְ לֹא זָכַרְתְּ אַחֲרִיתָהּ׃ (3774)
See also: Revelation 18:7, Isaiah 57:1, Lamentations 1:9, Deuteronomy 32:29, Isaiah 47:5, Daniel 4:4, Obadiah 1:3, Zephaniah 2:15, Psalms 30:6, Isaiah 47:1, Jeremiah 5:31, Deuteronomy 32:27, 2 Samuel 2:27, Psalms 10:6, Ecclesiastes 7:2, Isaiah 14:13, Isaiah 32:9, Isaiah 42:25, Isaiah 46:8-9, Jeremiah 49:4
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:
וְעַתָּה שִׁמְעִי־זֹאת עֲדִינָה הַיֹּושֶׁבֶת לָבֶטַח הָאֹמְרָה בִּלְבָבָהּ אֲנִי וְאַפְסִי עֹוד לֹא אֵשֵׁב אַלְמָנָה וְלֹא אֵדַע שְׁכֹול׃ (3738)
See also: Isaiah 14:14, Isaiah 32:9, Zephaniah 2:15, Isaiah 47:10, Isaiah 45:6, Jeremiah 49:31, Jeremiah 50:11, Hebrews 11:25, Revelation 18:3-8, Deuteronomy 7:17, Judges 18:7, Judges 18:27, Psalms 10:5-6, Isaiah 21:4-5, Isaiah 22:12-13, Isaiah 45:18, Jeremiah 13:22, Jeremiah 50:31-32, Jeremiah 51:53, Ezekiel 30:9
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.
וְתָבֹאנָה לָּךְ שְׁתֵּי־אֵלֶּה רֶגַע בְּיֹום אֶחָד שְׁכֹול וְאַלְמֹן כְּתֻמָּם בָּאוּ עָלַיִךְ בְּרֹב כְּשָׁפַיִךְ בְּעָצְמַת חֲבָרַיִךְ מְאֹד׃ (4247)
See also: Nahum 3:4, Psalms 73:19, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Revelation 18:23, Isaiah 47:12-13, Isaiah 51:19, Jeremiah 15:9, Revelation 9:21, Revelation 18:8-10, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Isaiah 14:22, Daniel 5:30, Revelation 22:15, Ruth 1:5, Ruth 1:20, 2 Kings 17:17, Isaiah 13:15, Isaiah 13:18-22, Isaiah 51:18-19, Jeremiah 4:20
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.
וַתִּבְטְחִי בְרָעָתֵךְ אָמַרְתְּ אֵין רֹאָנִי חָכְמָתֵךְ וְדַעְתֵּךְ הִיא שֹׁובְבָתֶךְ וַתֹּאמְרִי בְלִבֵּךְ אֲנִי וְאַפְסִי עֹוד׃ (4833)
See also: Isaiah 5:21, Isaiah 29:15, Romans 1:22, Psalms 52:7, Psalms 62:10, Isaiah 59:4, Ezekiel 8:12, Genesis 2:9, Jeremiah 23:24, Jeremiah 50:29, 1 Corinthians 3:19, Psalms 94:7-9, Isaiah 13:9, Isaiah 47:8, Ezekiel 9:9, 1 Corinthians 1:19-21, Job 22:13-14, Psalms 64:5, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Isaiah 19:14
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.
וּבָא עָלַיִךְ רָעָה לֹא תֵדְעִי שַׁחְרָהּ וְתִפֹּל עָלַיִךְ הֹוָה לֹא תוּכְלִי כַּפְּרָהּ וְתָבֹא עָלַיִךְ פִּתְאֹם שֹׁואָה לֹא תֵדָעִי׃ (4793)
See also: Psalms 73:19, Psalms 35:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Judges 20:34, Revelation 18:9-10, Exodus 12:29-30, Nehemiah 4:11, Psalms 50:22, Jeremiah 51:31, Jeremiah 51:39-42, Ezekiel 7:26, Daniel 5:25-30, Habakkuk 2:7, Luke 12:59, Revelation 3:3, Isaiah 37:36, Matthew 18:34
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.
עִמְדִי־נָא בַחֲבָרַיִךְ וּבְרֹב כְּשָׁפַיִךְ בַּאֲשֶׁר יָגַעַתְּ מִנְּעוּרָיִךְ אוּלַי תּוּכְלִי הֹועִיל אוּלַי תַּעֲרֹוצִי׃ (3896)
See also: Isaiah 44:25, Jeremiah 10:2, Psalms 129:1, Daniel 1:20, Nahum 3:4, Numbers 23:8, Isaiah 47:9, Daniel 2:2, Acts 13:8-12, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 8:21, Exodus 9:11, Numbers 22:25, Isaiah 2:6, Jeremiah 2:28, Jeremiah 27:9, Daniel 2:27, Daniel 5:15, Micah 3:7, Revelation 9:21
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.
נִלְאֵית בְּרֹב עֲצָתָיִךְ יַעַמְדוּ־נָא וְיֹושִׁיעֻךְ [הָבְרוּ כ] (הֹבְרֵי ק) שָׁמַיִם הַחֹזִים בַּכֹּוכָבִים מֹודִיעִם לֶחֳדָשִׁים מֵאֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ עָלָיִךְ׃ (4250)
See also: Isaiah 44:25, Deuteronomy 18:10, Leviticus 19:31, Isaiah 57:10, Jeremiah 51:58, Ezekiel 24:12, Daniel 2:2-10, Daniel 5:7, Isaiah 16:12, Isaiah 47:15, Jeremiah 50:35, Ezekiel 21:29, Daniel 5:15-16, Daniel 5:30, Nahum 2:8, Habakkuk 2:13
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.
הִנֵּה הָיוּ כְקַשׁ אֵשׁ שְׂרָפָתַם לֹא־יַצִּילוּ אֶת־נַפְשָׁם מִיַּד לֶהָבָה אֵין־גַּחֶלֶת לַחְמָם אוּר לָשֶׁבֶת נֶגְדֹּו׃ (4588)
See also: Malachi 4:1, Nahum 1:10, Isaiah 5:24, Isaiah 10:17, Ezekiel 15:7, Exodus 15:7, Isaiah 41:2, Matthew 10:28, Exodus 5:12, Psalms 83:13-15, Isaiah 30:14, Isaiah 40:24, Jeremiah 51:25-26, Jeremiah 51:30, Jeremiah 51:32, Jeremiah 51:58, Joel 2:5, Obadiah 1:18, Matthew 16:26, Revelation 18:21
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.
כֵּן הָיוּ־לָךְ אֲשֶׁר יָגָעַתְּ סֹחֲרַיִךְ מִנְּעוּרַיִךְ אִישׁ לְעֶבְרֹו תָּעוּ אֵין מֹושִׁיעֵךְ׃ (3421)
See also: Genesis 8:21, Revelation 18:11, Isaiah 47:13, Isaiah 56:11, Jeremiah 51:6-9, Jeremiah 51:9, Ezekiel 17:4, Ezekiel 27:12-25, Revelation 18:3, Isaiah 13:14