# Isaiah 47 (New King James Version)
The Humiliation of Babylon

##### Chapter 47
###### 1 "Come down and sit in the dust,  
O virgin daughter of Babylon;  
Sit on the ground without a throne,  
O daughter of the Chaldeans!  
For you shall no more be called  
Tender and delicate.  

###### 2 Take the millstones and grind meal.  
Remove your veil,  
Take off the skirt,  
Uncover the thigh,  
Pass through the rivers.  

###### 3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered,  
Yes, your shame will be seen;  
I will take vengeance,  
And I will not arbitrate with a man."

###### 4 _As for_ our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts _is_ His name,  
The Holy One of Israel.

###### 5 "Sit in silence, and go into darkness,  
O daughter of the Chaldeans;  
For you shall no longer be called  
The Lady of Kingdoms.  

###### 6 I was angry with My people;  
I have profaned My inheritance,  
And given them into your hand.  
You showed them no mercy;  
On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.  

###### 7 And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever,'  
_So_ that you did not take these _things_ to heart,  
Nor remember the latter end of them.

###### 8 "Therefore hear this now, _you who are_ given to pleasures,  
Who dwell securely,  
Who say in your heart, 'I _am,_ and _there is_ no one else besides me;  
I shall not sit _as_ a widow,  
Nor shall I know the loss of children';  

###### 9 But these two _things_ shall come to you  
In a moment, in one day:  
The loss of children, and widowhood.  
They shall come upon you in their fullness  
Because of the multitude of your sorceries,  
For the great abundance of your enchantments.

###### 10 "For you have trusted in your wickedness;  
You have said, 'No one sees me';  
Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you;  
And you have said in your heart,  
'I _am,_ and _there is_ no one else besides me.'  

###### 11 Therefore evil shall come upon you;  
You shall not know from where it arises.  
And trouble shall fall upon you;  
You will not be able to put it off.  
And desolation shall come upon you suddenly,  
_Which_ you shall not know.

###### 12 "Stand now with your enchantments  
And the multitude of your sorceries,  
In which you have labored from your youth--  
Perhaps you will be able to profit,  
Perhaps you will prevail.  

###### 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels;  
Let now the astrologers, the stargazers,  
_And_ the monthly prognosticators  
Stand up and save you  
From what shall come upon you.  

###### 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble,  
The fire shall burn them;  
They shall not deliver themselves  
From the power of the flame;  
_It shall_ not _be_ a coal to be warmed by,  
_Nor_ a fire to sit before!  

###### 15 Thus shall they be to you  
With whom you have labored,  
Your merchants from your youth;  
They shall wander each one to his quarter.  
No one shall save you.